Between-country comparison of whole-body SAR from personal exposure data in Urban areas

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 682-694

  Joseph, Wout ^a   Frei, Patrizia ^b,c   Röösli, Martin ^b,c   Vermeeren, Günter ^a   Bolte, John ^d   Thuróczy, György ^e,f   Gajšek, Peter ^g   Trček, Tomaž ^g   Mohler, Evelyn ^b,c   Juhász, Péter ^e   Finta, Viktoria ^h   Martens, Luc ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^e National Research Institute for Radiobiology and Radiohygiene Budapest   (Hungary)

^f INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

^g Institute of Non Ionizing Radiation   (Slovenia)

^h EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Exposimeter; Exposure of general public; Personal exposure; Radio frequency electromagnetic fields (RF EMF); RF measurement; Specific absorption rate (SAR); Whole body absorption

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; EXPOSURE METERS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; IONIZING RADIATION; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIO BROADCASTING; RADIO WAVES;

EXPOSIMETER; EXPOSURE OF GENERAL PUBLIC; GENERAL PUBLICS; PERSONAL EXPOSURES; RADIO FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; RADIOFREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; RF MEASUREMENTS; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; WHOLE-BODY; WHOLE-BODY ABSORPTION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; CITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFANT; MALE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; STATISTICS; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; BODY BURDEN; CITIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIO WAVES; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 84868647479     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.21737     Document Type: Article

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