title: Is there any exposure from a mobile phone in stand-by mode?
abstract: Several studies have been using a GSM mobile phone in stand-by mode as the source for exposure, and they claimed that this caused effects on for instance sleep and testicular function. In stand-by mode the phone is only active in periodic location updates, and this occurs with a frequency set by the net operator. Typical updates occur with 2-5 h in between, and between these updates the phone is to be considered as a passive radio receiver with no microwave emission. Thus, the exposure in stand-by mode can be considered negligible.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Sciences, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden. kjell.hansson.mild@radfys.umu.se
authors.forename: Kjell Hansson
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Mild
authors.forename: Jørgen Bach
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.forename: Gert Frølund
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Pedersen
mesh_terms: D040421:Cell Phone / Q000295:instrumentation; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000032:analysis*; D011846:Radio Waves / Q000009:adverse effects; D011874:Radiometry; D013997:Time Factors