Table 1 Descriptive statistics of average exposures at place of residence by radiofrequency bands (184 daily measurements, France, 2005–2006)

	Proportion of measurements above the detection limit (%)				Maximum electric field strength (V/m)
	Mean	Median	Minimum	Maximum	Mean	Median	Minimum	Maximum
FM	12.3	0.0	0.0	98.2	0.17	0.05	0.05	1.43
TV 3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.50
TV 4&5	2.1	0.2	0.0	61.8	0.07	0.06	0.05	0.26
GSM*	3.1	0.0	0.0	99.5	0.12	0.05	0.05	0.78
DCS†	1.6	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.10	0.05	0.05	0.70
UMTS‡	2.2	1.4	0.0	13.8	0.07	0.07	0.05	0.15

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