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RF dosimetry: a comparison between power absorption of female and male numerical models from 0.1 to 4 ghz.

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Sandrini L, Vaccari A, Malacarne C, Cristoforetti L, Pontalti R · 2004

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Women absorb more radiofrequency radiation than men due to body composition differences, suggesting current safety standards may inadequately protect half the population.

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Researchers created detailed computer models of male and female bodies to study how radiofrequency radiation (the type from cell phones and wireless devices) is absorbed differently between genders from 0.1 to 4 GHz. They found that women's bodies absorb more radiation overall than men's bodies, primarily because women typically have a thicker layer of fat under the skin. However, the peak absorption in small tissue areas was similar between genders, occurring in body regions without much fat tissue.

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Realistic numerical models of human subjects and their surrounding environment represent the basic points of radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic dosimetry. This also involves differentiating the human models in men and women, possibly with different body shapes and postures. In this context, the aims of this paper are, firstly, to propose a female dielectric anatomical model (fDAM) and, secondly, to compare the power absorption distributions of a male and a female model from 0.1 to 4 GHz.

For realizing the fDAM, a magnetic resonance imaging tomographer to acquire images and a recent tech...

The results show that the whole-body-averaged specific absorption rate (WBA-SAR) of the female mode...

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Sandrini L, Vaccari A, Malacarne C, Cristoforetti L, Pontalti R (2004). RF dosimetry: a comparison between power absorption of female and male numerical models from 0.1 to 4 ghz. Phys Med Biol. 49(22):5185-5201, 2004.
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@article{l_2004_rf_dosimetry_a_comparison_3359,
  author = {Sandrini L and Vaccari A and Malacarne C and Cristoforetti L and Pontalti R},
  title = {RF dosimetry: a comparison between power absorption of female and male numerical models from 0.1 to 4 ghz.},
  year = {2004},
  
  url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15609567/},
}
PubMed: 15609567

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Researchers created detailed computer models of male and female bodies to study how radiofrequency radiation (the type from cell phones and wireless devices) is absorbed differently between genders from 0.1 to 4 GHz. They found that women's bodies absorb more radiation overall than men's bodies, primarily because women typically have a thicker layer of fat under the skin. However, the peak absorption in small tissue areas was similar between genders, occurring in body regions without much fat tissue.