Spatial and temporal RF electromagnetic field exposure of children and adults in indoor micro environments in Belgium and Greece

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 254-263

  Vermeeren, Günter ^a   Markakis, Ioannis ^b,c   Goeminne, Francis ^a   Samaras, Theodoros ^b   Martens, Luc ^a   Joseph, Wout ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c THESS SA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Child exposure; Indoor; Personal exposure; Personal exposure meter; Radio frequency electromagnetic fields (RF EMF); RF exposure

Indexed keywords

4 DIMETHYLAMINOAZOBENZENE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE;

ADULT; BELGIUM; BODY BURDEN; CHILD; CHILD EXPOSURE; DECT; DIGITAL AUDIO BROADCAST; DIGITAL ENHANCED CORDLESS TELECOMMUNICATION, CORDLESS PHONE; DL; DOWN LINK; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FM; FREQUENCY MODULATION, FM RADIO; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; GREECE; GSM; HOUSING; HUMAN; INDOOR; LINE OF SIGHT; LOS; MEGAHERTZ; MHZ; PERSONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONAL EXPOSURE METER; PERSONAL MOBILE RADIO; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIO FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; RADIO FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS (RF-EMF); REGRESSION ON ORDER STATISTICS; REVIEW; RF EXPOSURE; RF-EMF; ROS; SCHOOL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TELEVISION; TERRESTRIAL TRUNKED RADIO; TV; UL; UMTS; UNIVERSAL MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM; UP LINK; W-LAN; WIFI; WIRELESS FIDELITY; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK; WORKPLACE;

CHILD EXPOSURE; DAB; DECT; DIGITAL AUDIO BROADCAST; DIGITAL ENHANCED CORDLESS TELECOMMUNICATION, CORDLESS PHONE; DL; DOWN LINK; FM; FREQUENCY MODULATION, FM RADIO; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; GSM; INDOOR; LINE OF SIGHT; LOS; MEGAHERTZ; MHZ; PERSONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONAL EXPOSURE METER; PERSONAL MOBILE RADIO; PMR; RADIO FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; RADIO FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS (RF-EMF); REGRESSION ON ORDER STATISTICS; RF EXPOSURE; RF-EMF; ROS; TELEVISION; TERRESTRIAL TRUNKED RADIO; TETRA; TV; UL; UMTS; UNIVERSAL MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM; UP LINK; W-LAN; WIFI; WIRELESS FIDELITY; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK;

ADULT; BELGIUM; BODY BURDEN; CHILD; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GREECE; HOUSING; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; SCHOOLS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84887617295     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2013.07.002     Document Type: Review

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