On-body calibration and processing for a combination of two radio-frequency personal exposimeters

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 58-69

  Thielens, Arno ^a   Agneessens, Sam ^a   Verloock, Leen ^a   Tanghe, Emmeric ^a   Rogier, Hendrik ^a   Martens, Luc ^a   Joseph, Wout ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; BELGIUM; CALIBRATION; DEVICES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MOBILE PHONE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNCERTAINTY;

BELGIUM; CALIBRATION; CELL PHONES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIO WAVES; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84924399440     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncu056     Document Type: Article

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