Geospatial modelling of electromagnetic fields from mobile phone base stations

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 445-446, Issue , 2013, Pages 202-209

  Beekhuizen, J ^a   Vermeulen, R ^a   Kromhout, H ^a   Burgi A ^b   Huss, A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ARIAS Umweltforschungberatung   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Base stations; Electromagnetic fields; Exposure assessment; Geospatial modelling; Mobile monitoring; Mobile phone

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; AMSTERDAM; CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; FIELD STRENGTHS; GEO-SPATIAL; GSM-900; LONG-PATH; MOBILE PHONE BASE STATIONS; MONITORING APPROACH; NETHERLANDS; POTENTIAL HEALTH; RADIO FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SPEARMAN CORRELATION; URBAN AREAS;

BASE STATIONS; CELLULAR TELEPHONES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MOBILE PHONES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; MODELING; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOBILE PHONE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOFREQUENCY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CELLULAR PHONE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSING; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NETHERLANDS; RADIO WAVES;

AMSTERDAM [NORTH HOLLAND]; NETHERLANDS; NORTH HOLLAND;

EID: 84872481741     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.12.020     Document Type: Article

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