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Personal RF exposimetry in urban area

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The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the usefulness of a radiofrequency (RF) personal exposimeter (dosimeter) for assessing individual RF exposure in an urban environment. Measurements taken by RF personal dosimeter were also compared to preliminary site measurements taken around mobile base stations. The results from personal exposure showed that one third of the participants spent 40–70% of 24 h recording time above the detection limits (0.05 V/m), and half of subjects spent less than 10%. The highest exposure was detected during the traveling period and the lowest in bed at home. Based on our results, we concluded that site measurements cannot be used to accurately determine personal exposure. We also concluded that duration of time exposed to RF levels above the detection limit of the personal dosimeter is a useful exposure metric to compare and contrast individual RF exposure of study subjects.

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This work was partially supported by funds from Hungarian government’s projects ENRISK-NKFP-1/B-047/2004 and ETT-037/2006.

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Thuróczy, G., Molnár, F., Jánossy, G. et al. Personal RF exposimetry in urban area. Ann. Telecommun. 63, 87–96 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12243-007-0008-z

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