Table 2 Median exposures at place of residence across geographical areas by radiofrequency bands (184 daily measurements, France, 2005–2006)

	Proportion of measurements above the detection limit (%)				Maximum electric field strength (V/m)
	Urban	Periurban	Rural	p Value*	Urban	Periurban	Rural	p Value
FM	32.6	8.6	0.0	<10⁻⁹	0.31	0.15	0.06	<10⁻⁹
TV 3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.01	0.06	0.06	0.05	0.02
TV 4&5	2.4	2.8	0.4	0.10	0.08	0.08	0.06	<10⁻²
GSM†	5.9	3.3	0.0	<10⁻⁵	0.15	0.13	0.07	<10⁻⁴
DCS‡	4.5	0.9	0.0	<10⁻⁸	0.14	0.10	0.05	<10⁻⁷
UMTS§	2.2	2.3	2.0	0.74	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.26

*Two-sided p value based on Kruskal–Wallis tests. †Global system for mobile communications. ‡Digital communication system. §Universal mobile telecommunication system.