Categorization of mobile phones for the purpose of exposure assessment in epidemiological studies on RF exposure and cancer risk

Author

Varsier, N. ; Wake, K. ; Taki, M. ; Watanabe, S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Tokyo Metropolitan Univ., Tokyo

fYear

2007

fDate

11-14 Dec. 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

For the purpose of exposure assessment in epidemiological studies on RF exposure and brain cancer risk , 76 Japanese mobile phones were classified, for different use conditions, into small numbers of categories, using SAR characteristics cluster analysis. The categorization was shown consistent with the characteristics of phones obtained from technical specifications and external views. Typical 3D SAR distributions were estimated in a realistic numerical model for each use condition and each phones category.

Keywords

biological effects of microwaves; cancer; electromagnetic wave absorption; mobile handsets; 3D specific absorption rate distributions; RF exposure; cancer risk; epidemiological studies; exposure assessment; mobile phones categorization; Antenna measurements; Cancer; Cellular phones; Imaging phantoms; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic heads; Mobile handsets; Neoplasms; Radio frequency; Specific absorption rate; Categorization; Cluster analysis; Exposure assessment; Mobile phones; SAR;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference, 2007. APMC 2007. Asia-Pacific

Conference_Location

Bangkok

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0748-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0749-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APMC.2007.4555138

Filename

4555138