RFID system for newborn identity reconfirmation in hospital: Exposure assessment of a realistic newborn model and effects of the change of the dielectric properties with age

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 443-448

  Fiocchi, Serena ^a,b   Parazzini, Marta ^b   Ravazzani, Paolo ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Newborn dielectric properties; Newborn exposure; Passive RFID

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MALE; NEWBORN; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION;

ADULT; AGING; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; RADIO WAVES;

EID: 84858732728     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2011.09.019     Document Type: Review

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