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Children's Mobile Phone Use and Dosimetry

  • Lee, Ae-Kyoung (Radio Technology Research Department, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute) ;
  • Kwon, Jong-Hwa (Radio Technology Research Department, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute)
  • Received : 2015.05.04
  • Accepted : 2015.06.26
  • Published : 2015.07.31
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Abstract

Research results on possible effects caused by radiofrequency fields in children are limited because most of the studies published so far have focused on adults, rather than children. Mobile phone use is now widespread, even among younger children. If a biological risk due to mobile phone exposure is found, it might be greater in children because their bodies might be more sensitive to radiofrequency energy. The issue of a possible difference in sensitivity between adults and children begins with whether any difference exists physically in terms of electromagnetic absorption. This paper presents a review of recent publications on dosimetric comparisons between children and adults with respect to radiation from mobile phones. The issue of the health effects of mobile phone use is beyond the scope of the present review. Most of the dosimetry research on possible differences in power absorption between children and adults has been based on numerical modeling and analysis. The understanding of the results so far is presented and needed studies are described.

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