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) | ||||
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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.