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Assessment of general public exposure to LTE and RF sources present in an urban environment

  1. Wout Joseph*,
  2. Leen Verloock,
  3. Francis Goeminne,
  4. Günter Vermeeren,
  5. Luc Martens

Article first published online: 6 JUL 2010

DOI: 10.1002/bem.20594

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Bioelectromagnetics

Bioelectromagnetics

Volume 31, Issue 7, pages 576–579, October 2010

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How to Cite

Joseph, W., Verloock, L., Goeminne, F., Vermeeren, G. and Martens, L. (2010), Assessment of general public exposure to LTE and RF sources present in an urban environment. Bioelectromagnetics, 31: 576–579. doi: 10.1002/bem.20594

Author Information

  1. Department of Information Technology, Ghent University/IBBT, Ghent, Belgium

*Department of Information Technology, Ghent University/IBBT, Gaston Crommenlaan 8, B-9050 Ghent, Belgium.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 6 SEP 2010
  2. Article first published online: 6 JUL 2010
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 28 MAY 2010
  4. Manuscript Received: 7 APR 2010

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  • GSMA and WiMAX forum

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Keywords:

  • general public exposure;
  • LTE;
  • RF measurement

Abstract

For the first time, in situ electromagnetic field exposure of the general public to fields from long term evolution (LTE) cellular base stations is assessed. Exposure contributions due to different radiofrequency (RF) sources are compared with LTE exposure at 30 locations in Stockholm, Sweden. Total exposures (0.2–2.6 V/m) satisfy the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) reference levels (from 28 V/m for frequency modulation (FM), up to 61 V/m for LTE) at all locations. LTE exposure levels up to 0.8 V/m were measured, and the average contribution of the LTE signal to the total RF exposure equals 4%. Bioelectromagnetics 31:576–579, 2010. © 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

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