title: Public Exposure from Indoor Radiofrequency Radiation in the City of Hebron, West Bank-Palestine.
abstract: This work presents the results of measured indoor exposure levels to radiofrequency (RF) radiation emitting sources in one of the major cities in the West Bank-the city of Hebron. Investigated RF emitters include FM, TV broadcasting stations, mobile telephony base stations, cordless phones [Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT)], and wireless local area networks (WLAN). Measurements of power density were conducted in 343 locations representing different site categories in the city. The maximum total power density found at any location was about 2.3 × 10 W m with a corresponding exposure quotient of about 0.01. This value is well below unity, indicating compliance with the guidelines of the International Commission on Non-ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP). The average total exposure from all RF sources was 0.08 × 10 W m. The relative contributions from different sources to the total exposure in terms of exposure quotient were evaluated and found to be 46% from FM radio, 26% from GSM900, 15% from DECT phones, 9% from WLAN, 3% from unknown sources, and 1% from TV broadcasting. RF sources located outdoors contribute about 73% to the population exposure indoors.
authors.affiliation: *Center for Radiation Science & Technology, Al-Quds University, East Jerusalem; †Medical Imaging Department, Al-Quds University, East Jerusalem.
authors.forename: Adnan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lahham
authors.forename: Afefeh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sharabati
authors.forename: Hussien
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: ALMasri
mesh_terms: D040421:Cell Phone; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000032:analysis*; D008122:Local Area Networks; D008877:Middle East; D011834:Radiation Monitoring; D011846:Radio Waves; D013690:Television