Modelling indoor electromagnetic fields (EMF) from mobile phone base stations for epidemiological studies

Environment International

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 22-26

  Beekhuizen, J ^a   Vermeulen, R ^a   van Eijsden, M ^b   van Strien, R ^b   Burgi A ^c   Loomans, E ^b   Guxens, M ^a   Kromhout, H ^a   Huss, A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^c ARIAS Umweltforschungberatung   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Base station; Electromagnetic fields; Exposure; Indoor; Modelling; Radio wave propagation

Indexed keywords

BASE STATIONS; BUILDINGS; CELLULAR TELEPHONES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FORECASTING; MOBILE PHONES; MODELS; RADIO WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ANTENNA CHARACTERISTICS; BUILDING CHARACTERISTICS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE MISCLASSIFICATION; INDOOR; MOBILE PHONE BASE STATIONS; RADIO FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BUILDING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MODELING; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIO WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HOME; MOBILE PHONE BASE STATION; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTION; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION AND RADIATION RELATED PHENOMENA; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION;

AMSTERDAM [NORTH HOLLAND]; NETHERLANDS; NORTH HOLLAND;

BASE STATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EXPOSURE; INDOOR; MODELLING; RADIO WAVE PROPAGATION;

CELLULAR PHONE; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84896032091     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2014.02.008     Document Type: Article

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