On-body calibration and measurements using a personal, distributed exposimeter for wireless fidelity

Health Physics

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 407-418

  Thielens, Arno ^a   Agneessens, Sam ^a   De Clercq, Hans ^b   Lecoutere, Jeroen ^b   Verloock, Leen ^a   Tanghe, Emmeric ^a   Aerts, Sam ^a   Puers, Robert ^b   Rogier, Hendrik ^a   Martens, Luc ^a   Joseph, Wout ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

dosimetry; exposure; non ionizing; radiation; radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVICES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; RADIATION MONITORING; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

BELGIUM; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION MONITORING; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84924390368     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: 15385159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HP.0000000000000238     Document Type: Article

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