The role of the location of personal exposimeters on the human body in their use for assessing exposure to the electromagnetic field in the radiofrequency range 98-2450 MHz and compliance analysis: Evaluation by virtual measurements

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Gryz, Krzysztof ^a   Zradziński, Patryk ^a   Karpowicz, Jolanta ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR LABOUR PROTECTION NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ART; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GENERAL MEDICAL DEVICE; HUMAN; LOCAL AREA NETWORK; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PERSONAL EXPOSIMETER; RADIOFREQUENCY; TELECOMMUNICATION; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOBILE PHONE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHOLE BODY COUNTING;

CELL PHONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; MICROWAVES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIO WAVES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 84927145373     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/272460     Document Type: Article

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