Assessment for Ingredients and Amount of Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Field Exposure for Indoor Environment in an Institution for the Aged of Downtown

도심지역 노인복지시설 실내 환경에 대한 RF 전자파 노출량의 정성.정량 평가에 관한 연구

  • Choi, Jung-Hun (Department of Computer and Communication Engineering, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Kim, Nam (School of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Hong, Seung-Cheol (Department of Occupational Health & Safety Engineering, College of Biomedical Science & Engineering, Inje University) ;
  • Kim, Yoon-Shin (Institute of Environmental and Industrial Medicine, College of Medicine, Hanyang University) ;
  • Choi, Sung-Ho (Institute of Environmental and Industrial Medicine, College of Medicine, Hanyang University)
  • 최정훈 (충북대학교 정보통신공학과) ;
  • 김남 (충북대학교 전기전자컴퓨터 공학부) ;
  • 홍승철 (인제대학교 보건안전공학과) ;
  • 김윤신 (한양대학교 환경 및 산업의학연구소) ;
  • 최성호 (한양대학교 환경 및 산업의학연구소)
  • Published : 2006.08.01

Abstract

In this study in order to evaluate the growth of RF propagation exposure rate generated according to the enhancement of its use, it is proposed for the ground to be able to examine and to contemplate the correlation between the human health and RF propagation exposure rate by measuring and analyzing the RF exposure source and exposure rate in an indoor environment. As a result of research, it is analyzed that the main exposure source of critically making effect in indoor environment is the frequency hand if radio broadcasting, mobile communication, wireless LAN, digital broadcasting, home appliance, etc., including the TV broadcasting. Among these, it is shown that the TV broadcasting and mobile communication band are the highest. And it is the concluded that RF exposure rate of the environmental sensitive equipment, like an institution for the aged, has lower possibility to exceed the human RF protection criteria by this evaluation.

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