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Radiofrequency field
Domain: Health and safety at work => Risk factors => Radiations
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Noun phrase
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Countable
Definition
Electromagnetic field generating frequencies of 10 MHz to 300 GHz. Radio, television, radar and cellular telephone antennas, and microwave oven are the main sources of RF fields.
Definition source
WHO Publication "What are electromagnetic fields?"
European legislation
Directive 1999/5/EC
British legislation
Wireless Telegraphy (Radio Frequency Identification Equipment) (Exemption) Regulations 2005, The Radio Equipment and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment Regulations 2000
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Variants
RF field
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