Electromagnetic field exposure assessment in Europe radiofrequency fields (10 MHz-6 GHz)

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 37-44

  Gajšek, Peter ^a   Ravazzani, Paolo ^b   Wiart, Joe ^c   Grellier, James ^d,e   Samaras, Theodoros ^f   Thuróczy, György ^g  

^a Institute of Non Ionizing Radiation   (Slovenia)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c ORANGE LABS   (France)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^g National Research Institute for Radiobiology and Radiohygiene Budapest   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Exposimetry; Exposure assessment; RF electromagnetic fields; Sources of exposure

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; HUMAN; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EUROPE; HUMANS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING;

EID: 84927177440     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2013.40     Document Type: Article

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