Title :
Investigating Radiation Hazard and Safety Aspects of Handheld Mobile
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Eng., Sci. & Technol., IQRA Univ. Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
Abstract :
Radiation hazard problem, which creates multiple adverse effects on human body, is mainly because of antenna technology; this paper explains these different effects by calculating specific absorption rate (SAR) of these radiations in different people exposed to radio frequency (RF), electromagnetic (EM) and microwave radiations from handheld and antennas devices. The effects of antennas were investigated by varying the distances between the antennas and the human head. Discussions with multiple groups of people were held and the data investigated. This paper suggests the ways to minimize the effects of SAR. It is recommended that these techniques will reduce the health risks from handheld devices.
Keywords :
biological effects of radiation; health hazards; mobile radio; synthetic aperture radar; SAR; antenna technology; electromagnetic radiations; handheld mobile; health risks; human body; microwave radiations; multiple adverse effects; multiple groups; radiation hazard; radio frequency; safety aspects; specific absorption rate; Electromagnetic devices; Electromagnetic radiation; Hazards; Humans; Microwave antennas; Microwave devices; Microwave technology; Radiation safety; Radio frequency; Specific absorption rate; EM; Metamaterial shield; PIFA; RF; SAR;
Conference_Titel :
Mobile Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services and Technologies, 2009. UBICOMM '09. Third International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Sliema
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5083-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3834-1
DOI :
10.1109/UBICOMM.2009.33