Radiofrequency measurements for human exposure assessment in indoor environment

Author

Trinchero, S. ; Adda, S. ; Anglesio, L. ; Mantovan, M. ; d´Amore, G.

Author_Institution

Regional Center for Non Ionising Radiat., ARPA Piemonte, Ivrea, Italy

fYear

2009

fDate

14-18 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

1046

Lastpage

1049

Abstract

Because of reflection and diffraction phenomena, radiofrequency electric field pattern in indoor environment is very complicated showing rapid spatial variations of field strength values. In this context, measurements have to consider the presence of conductive surfaces and objects which can cause effects of coupling with survey meters and antennas. In this paper data about indoor measurements carried out in different indoor sites, both by broad band and narrow band instrumental chains, are shown. Comparison of data obtained with the different measurements methods is discussed and the influence of indoor environment on radiofrequency field human exposure assessment is analyzed.

Keywords

biological effects of fields; electromagnetic wave propagation; indoor radio; light diffraction; light reflection; radiofrequency measurement; antennas; broad band instrumental chains; diffraction phenomena; indoor environment; narrow band instrumental chains; radiofrequency electric field pattern; radiofrequency field human exposure assessment; radiofrequency measurements; reflection phenomena; survey meters; Antenna measurements; Anthropometry; Conductivity measurement; Diffraction; Humans; Indoor environments; Instruments; Narrowband; Radio frequency; Reflection;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, 2009. ICEAA '09. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Torino

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3385-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3386-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEAA.2009.5297782

Filename

5297782