Table 3.
SAR, mean exposure duration (with standard deviation), dose rate (dose per 1 min), and mean (with corresponding percentage of the total near-field dose), minimum, median and maximum of the daily cumulative dose for the brain and whole-body exposure for the near-field predictors.
| Near-Field Predictor | Brain SAR (mW/kg) | Whole-Body SAR (mW/kg) | Exposure Duration (min/day) | Brain Dose Rate (mJ/kg/min) | Whole-Body Dose Rate (mJ/kg/min) | Brain Dose (mJ/kg/day) | Whole-Body Dose (mJ/kg/day) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | Value | Mean (SD) | Value | Value | Mean (%) | Min | Median | Max | Mean (%) | Min | Median | Max | |
| GSM 1 mobile phone calls without headset | 3.198 | 0.411 | 7.6 (13.0) | 191.88 | 24.66 | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| GSM 1 mobile phone calls with headset | 0.003198 | 0.411 | 1.9 (7.6) | 0.19 | 24.66 | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| GSM 1 mobile phone calls headset considered 2 | − | − | 9.5 (16.7) | − | − | 1451.78 (94.6%) | 0.00 | 601.90 | 22587.02 | 234.47 (73.3%) | 0.00 | 85.14 | 3785.98 |
| UMTS mobile phone calls without headset | 0.023 | 0.003 | 5.8 (14.8) | 1.38 | 0.18 | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| UMTS mobile phone calls with headset | 0.000023 | 0.003 | 1.9 (8.1) | 0.001 | 0.18 | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| UMTS mobile phone calls headset considered 2 | − | − | 7.7 (19.9) | − | − | 8.04 (0.5%) | 0.00 | 2.57 | 217.49 | 1.39 (0.4%) | 0.00 | 0.37 | 34.20 |
| DECT phone calls without eco mode | 0.373 | 0.051 | − | 22.38 | 3.06 | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| DECT phone calls with eco mode | 0.0373 | 0.0051 | − | 2.24 | 0.31 | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| DECT phone calls eco mode considered 3 | − | − | 9.0 (10.9) | − | − | 74.10 (4.8%) | 0.00 | 18.70 | 1364.86 | 10.13 (3.2%) | 0.00 | 2.61 | 190.28 |
| Mobile phone data traffic | 0.000092 | 0.012 | 11.5 (22.5) | 0.01 | 0.72 | 0.06 (0.004%) | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.54 | 8.29 (2.6%) | 0.00 | 1.63 | 70.89 |
| Mobile phone close to the body (passive data traffic) 4 | 0.000092 | 0.012 | 265.2 (349.5) | 0.00006 | 0.01 | 0.01 (0.001%) | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 1.91 (0.6%) | 0.00 | 0.86 | 10.37 |
| Mobile phone data traffic WLAN | 0.000092 | 0.012 | 30.6 (35.0) | 0.01 | 0.72 | 0.17 (0.01%) | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.54 | 22.03 (6.9%) | 0.00 | 13.68 | 70.89 |
| Computer, laptop and tablet use with WLAN | 0.000092 | 0.012 | 57.6 (83.3) | 0.01 | 0.72 | 0.32 (0.02%) | 0.00 | 0.17 | 3.42 | 41.46 (13.0%) | 0.00 | 21.60 | 446.40 |
1 For calls with the mobile phone on the GSM network the mean of the SARs for the GSM900 and the GSM1800 network was used because there was no differentiation between GSM900 and GSM1800 network in the mobile phone operator data; 2 Headset considered means that the proportion of headset use was applied to the mobile phone call duration; 3 Eco mode of the DECT phone at home was considered for all calls if the DECT phone at home was equipped with eco mode and for no calls if the DECT phone at home had no eco mode; 4 A transmission of data for 0.01*exposure duration of carrying the mobile phone close to the body was assumed.