Exposure to radio frequency electromagnetic fields from wireless computer networks: Duty factors of Wi-Fi devices operating in schools

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 412-420

  Khalid, M ^a   Mee, T ^a   Peyman, A ^a   Addison, D ^a   Calderon, C ^a   Maslanyj, M ^a   Mann, S ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Compliance; Duty factor; Electric field; Electromagnetic; Exposure; Health Risk; ICNIRP; Radiated power; Radio frequency; Regulatory; Time averaged; Wi Fi; Wireless Networks; WLAN

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SCHOOL; STATISTICS; TIME; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

COMPUTERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; RADIO WAVES; SCHOOLS; TIME FACTORS; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84858735783     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2011.08.004     Document Type: Review

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