Development of an RF-EMF exposure surrogate for epidemiologic research

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 5634-5656

  Roser, Katharina ^a,b   Schoeni, Anna ^a,b   Bürgi, Alfred ^c   Röösli, Martin ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c ARIAS umweltforschungberatung   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Dose calculation; Exposure assessment; Mobile phone; RF EMF

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; BRAIN; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCAL AREA NETWORK; MINICOMPUTER; MOBILE PHONE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; TABLET COMPUTER; ELECTROMAGNETISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; RADIATION RESPONSE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CELL PHONES; CHILD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 84930664376     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph120505634     Document Type: Article

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