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. 2015 May 22;12(5):5634–5656. doi: 10.3390/ijerph120505634

Table 5.

Whole-body SAR, mean and derivation of the power flux density, whole-body dose rate (dose per 1min) and mean (with the corresponding percentage of the total whole-body far-field dose), minimum, median and maximum of the whole-body dose for the far-field exposure.

Band Description SAR((mW/kg)/(mW/m²)) Power Flux Density(mW/m²) Dose Rate((mJ/kg)/(mW/m²)/min) Dose(mJ/kg/day)
Mean Derivation Mean (%) Min Median Max
Radio 1 Radio broadcast transmitter 0.005 0.002 modelling 0.29 0.54 (2.7%) 0.00 0.22 11.30
TV Television broadcast transmitter 0.005 0.001 modelling and personal measurements 0.27 0.47 (2.3%) 0.35 0.35 8.61
Downlink 900 Transmission from base station to mobile phone handset 0.004 0.26 −-
Downlink 1800 Transmission from base station to mobile phone handset 0.003 0.20
Downlink 2100 Transmission from base station to mobile phone handset 0.003 0.18
Downlink Downlink 900+ Downlink 1800+ Downlink 2100 0.019 modelling and personal measurements 6.16 (30.4%) 2.46 3.47 86.19
WLAN Wireless local area network 0.003 0.002 prediction regression model 0.17 0.48 (2.4%) 0.24 0.49 2.90
DECT Digital enhanced cordless telecommunications 0.003 0.001 personal measurements 0.18 0.20 (1.0%) 0.20 0.20 0.20
Uplink 2 Transmission from mobile phone handset to base station 0.004 0.041 prediction regression model 0.21 12.38 (61.2%) 2.41 11.01 57.87

1 Radio = radio FM (Frequency Modulation) + DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting); Radio was considered only at home and in school (geospatial propagation modelling) because used exposimeters did not measure radio broadcasting; 2 Uplink = Uplink 900+ Uplink 1800+ Uplink 1900; For the far-field uplink exposure from other mobile phones the average of the SARs for the downlink bands downlink 900, downlink 1800 and downlink 2100 was used.