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    Phys Med Biol. 2010 Aug 7;55(15):N405-11. Epub 2010 Jul 20.

    SAR in a child voxel phantom from exposure to wireless computer networks (Wi-Fi).

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    Health Protection Agency, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0RQ, UK. richard.findlay@hpa.org.uk

    Abstract

    Specific energy absorption rate (SAR) values have been calculated in a 10 year old sitting voxel model from exposure to electromagnetic fields at 2.4 and 5 GHz, frequencies commonly used by Wi-Fi devices. Both plane-wave exposure of the model and irradiation from antennas in the near field were investigated for a variety of exposure conditions. In all situations studied, the SAR values calculated were considerably below basic restrictions. For a typical Wi-Fi exposure scenario using an inverted F antenna operating at 100 mW, a duty factor of 0.1 and an antenna-body separation of 34 cm, the maximum peak localized SAR was found to be 3.99 mW kg(-1) in the torso region. At 2.4 GHz, using a power of 100 mW and a duty factor of 1, the highest localized SAR value in the head was calculated as 5.7 mW kg(-1). This represents less than 1% of the SAR previously calculated in the head for a typical mobile phone exposure condition.

    PMID:
    20647607
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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