Validity of at home model predictions as a proxy for personal exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields from mobile phone base stations

Environmental Research

Volumn 142, Issue , 2015, Pages 221-226

  Martens, Astrid L ^a,b   Bolte, John F B ^c   Beekhuizen, Johan ^a   Kromhout, Hans ^a   Smid, Tjabe ^b,d   Vermeulen, Roel C H ^a,e,f  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d KLM Health Services   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic fields; Exposure assessment; Mobile phone base station; Model; RF EMF

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREDICTION; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MOBILE PHONE BASE STATION; MODEL; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ANALYSIS; HOUSING; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE PHONE; NETHERLANDS; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

NETHERLANDS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL PHONES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NETHERLANDS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIO WAVES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936931982     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.06.029     Document Type: Article

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