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. 2010 May 20;9:23. doi: 10.1186/1476-069X-9-23

Table 4.

RF measurement mean values for different frequency bands (V/m) according to regression order statistics method (Besançon and Lyon, France, 2005-2006, 377 participants) (reprinted from [21]).

n° of measurements FM Tetrapol TV 4&5 GSM Tx GSM Rx DCS Tx DCS Rx DECT UMTS Tx UMTS Rx WiFi Total field
Total 2,493,211 0.044 0.005 0.016 0.013 0.018 0.012 0.015 0.037 0.036 0.037 0.038 0.201

Area
 Besançon 1,221,716 0.052 0.001 0.016 0.011 0.014 0.006 0.011 0.032 0.045 0.050 0.052 0.201
 Lyon 1,271,495 0.036 0.008 0.016 0.016 0.022 0.018 0.020 0.041 0.020 0.034 0.020 0.202

Place of residence
 urban 625,140 0.071 0.002 0.019 0.010 0.028 0.017 0.025 0.038 0.044 0.031 0.046 0.231
 periurban 1,272,213 0.039 0.008 0.015 0.014 0.016 0.011 0.014 0.038 0.038 0.040 0.037 0.201
 rural 595,858 0.013 0.005 0.012 0.015 0.009 0.010 0.006 0.034 0.019 0.050 0.042 0.156

Time period
 day 1,657,991 0.044 0.004 0.014 0.017 0.018 0.013 0.017 0.037 0.030 0.036 0.036 0.204
 night 835,220 0.045 0.040 0.026 0.006 0.018 0.010 0.012 0.037 0.050 0.043 0.040 0.197

Age category
 youths 727,878 0.039 0.001 0.015 0.017 0.019 0.014 0.014 0.035 0.040 0.033 0.028 0.188
 adults 1,765,333 0.047 0.007 0.016 0.012 0.018 0.011 0.016 0.038 0.037 0.039 0.042 0.206

Microenvironment
 home 1,577,162 0.045 0.008 0.022 0.010 0.017 0.010 0.012 0.041 0.044 0.044 0.037 0.200
 workplace 543,868 0.047 0.005 0.014 0.014 0.017 0.014 0.021 0.030 0.025 0.040 0.043 0.205
 transportation 187,699 0.044 0.005 0.012 0.030 0.027 0.024 0.024 0.025 0.027 0.033 0.040 0.215
  walk 37,706 0.062 0.007 0.012 0.020 0.035 0.022 0.035 0.032 0.030 0.028 0.042 0.233
  bicycle, motorcycle 8,310 0.044 0.023 0.019 0.023 0.035 0.027 0.029 0.026 0.070 0.029 0.040 0.227
  car 120,378 0.037 0.005 0.012 0.031 0.026 0.022 0.022 0.024 0.025 0.038 0.039 0.204
  bus, tramway 14,390 0.055 0.002 0.017 0.034 0.028 0.040 0.024 0.020 0.004 0.027 0.042 0.238
  train,underground 6,915 0.050 0.001 0.011 0.071 0.017 0.034 0.019 0.030 0.084 0.043 0.053 0.257
  others 184,482 0.036 0.007 0.008 0.021 0.025 0.018 0.016 0.028 0.012 0.024 0.033 0.192