Volume-averaged SAR in adult and child head models when using mobile phones: A computational study with detailed CAD-based models of commercial mobile phones

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 439-442

  Keshvari, Jafar ^a   Heikkilä, Teemu ^b  

^a NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Children; Dosimetry; RF exposure; SAR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CHILD; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; HEAD; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION DOSE;

ADULT; CELLULAR PHONE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; RADIATION DOSAGE;

EID: 84858711295     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2011.10.001     Document Type: Review

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