Typical exposure of children to EMF: Exposimetry and dosimetry

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 70-80

  Valič, Blaž ^a   Kos, Bor ^b   Gajšek, Peter ^b  

^a Institute of Non Ionizing Radiation   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHILD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; SLOVENIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; SLOVENIA;

EID: 84928681718     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncu057     Document Type: Article

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