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Occup Environ Med 66:550-556 doi:10.1136/oem.2008.044180
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Residential exposure to radiofrequency fields from mobile phone base stations, and broadcast transmitters: a population-based survey with personal meter

Table 3 Descriptive statistics of average exposures for different frequency bands in three studies relying on the EME SPY 120
Proportion of measurements above the detection limit (%) Maximum electric field strength (V/m)
Röösli et al15 Thuróczy et al16 This article Röösli et al15 Thuróczy et al16 This article
FM 12 10 12 0.41 0.25 0.17
TV 3 4 0 0 0.16 0.07 0.05
TV 4&5 9 8 2 0.26 0.53 0.07
GSM* 14 9 3 0.33 1.15 0.12
DCS† 23 9 2 0.52 0.56 0.10
UMTS‡ 8 0 2 0.15 0.08 0.07

  • *Global system for mobile communications. †Digital communication system. ‡Universal mobile telecommunication system.

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