Residential exposure to radiofrequency fields from mobile phone base stations, and broadcast transmitters: a population-based survey with personal meter.

Viel, J F; Clerc, S; Barrera, C; Rymzhanova, R; Moissonnier, M; Hours, M; Cardis, E

Residential exposure to radiofrequency fields from mobile phone base stations, and broadcast transmitters: a population-based survey with personal meter.

Date

2009-07-20

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Abstract

Both the public perceptions and most published epidemiologic studies rely on the assumption that the distance of a particular residence from a base station or a broadcast transmitter is an appropriate surrogate for exposure to radiofrequency fields although complex propagation characteristics affect the beams from antennas The main goal of this study was to characterise the distribution of residential exposure from antennas using personal exposure meters