Levels of electric field strength within the immediate vicinity of fm radio stations in Accra, Ghana

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 395-400

  Azah, C K ^a   Amoako, J K ^a   Fletcher, J J ^b  

^a Ghana Atomic Energy Commission   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; GHANA; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHY; GHANA; HUMANS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIO WAVES;

EID: 84884720838     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nct089     Document Type: Article

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