Measuring personal exposure from 900MHz mobile phone base stations in Australia and Belgium using a novel personal distributed exposimeter

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This measurement study investigated the environmental exposure from mobile phone base stations. The RF exposure from GSM mobile phone base stations operating in the 900 MHz band in 34 different environments in Australia and Belgium were measured using a personal dosimeter and compared (in terms of electric fields). The study found that personal exposures in urban environment were higher than rural or suburban environments. The exposure levels in city centre, bus, and railway station in urban environment were among the locations associated with highest personal exposures in Australia. The exposure levels in most environments were however significantly lower in Australia compared to Belgium. The authors reported that personal RF exposure levels in the Australian environment are well below the limits for the general public in the Australian RF Standard.

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