Temporal trends of radio-frequency electromagnetic field (RF-EMF) exposure in everyday environments across European cities

Environmental Research

Volumn 134, Issue , 2014, Pages 134-142

  Urbinello, Damiano ^a,b,c   Joseph, Wout ^c   Verloock, Leen ^c   Martens, Luc ^c   Röösli, Martin ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Exposimeter; Monitoring; Personal exposure; Radio frequency electromagnetic field (RF EMF); Temporal trends

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NUMERICAL MODEL; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TELECOMMUNICATION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AIRPORT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIO FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC ELD; RADIOFREQUENCY; RAILWAY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SUBURBAN AREA; SWITZERLAND; ARITHMETIC; CITY; EXHAUST GAS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; LOCAL AREA NETWORK; RADIO FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EUROPE; HUMAN; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION;

BASEL; BASEL-STADT; BELGIUM; SWITZERLAND;

CITIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; HUMANS; RADIO WAVES;

EID: 84907379972     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.07.003     Document Type: Article

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