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1G
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First generation of
mobile phones; analogue voice systems
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2G
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Second generation of
mobile phones; use digital technology
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3G
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Third generation of
mobile phones; designed to mix data and voice communications
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ACA
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Australian Communications
Authority
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ACIF
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Australian
Communications Industry Forum
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ALARA
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As Low As Reasonably
Achievable
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AMPS
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Advanced mobile phone
system (analogue)
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AMTA
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Australian Mobile
Telecommunications Association
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ANSI
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American National
Standards Institute
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ARPANSA
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Australian Radiation
Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency
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CDMA
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Code Division Multiple
Access
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CEMEPHI
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Committee on
Electromagnetic Energy Public Health Issues
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CRADA
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Cooperative Research
and Development Agreement
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CSIRO
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Commonwealth Scientific
and Industrial Research Organisation
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CTIA
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Cellular Telephone
Industry Association (USA)
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CTN
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Consumers’
Telecommunications Network
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DCITA
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Department of
Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (Commonwealth)
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ET-pim-1 mice
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A strain of genetically
modified mice engineered to be susceptible to a particular type of cancer
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ECG
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Electrocardiogram
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ECTA
|
Electrical Compliance
Testing Association
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EEG
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Electroencephalogram
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EHS
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Electro-hypersensitivity
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ELF
|
Extremely Low Frequency
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EM
|
Electromagnetic
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EME
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Electromagnetic
emissions
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EMF
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Electromagnetic fields
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EMI
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Electromagnetic
interference
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EMR
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Electromagnetic
radiation
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Epidemiology
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the study of the
various factors influencing the occurrence, distribution, prevention, and
control of disease, injury, and other health-related events in a defined
human population.
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FDA
|
Food and Drug
Administration (USA)
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Frequency
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The number of complete cycles of an electromagnetic wave
in a second. Unit: hertz, abbreviation: Hz. 1 Hz = 1 cycle per second
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GMA
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Geomagnetic activity
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GSM
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Global System for
Mobile Communication
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Hertz
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1000 Hz = 1 kilohertz
(1 kHz); 1000 kHz = 1 megahertz (1MHz); 1000 MHz = 1 gigahertz (1 GHz).
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IAEA
|
International Atomic
Energy Agency
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IARC
|
International Agency
for Research on Cancer
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ICNIRP
|
International
Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection
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ICRP
|
International Commission on Radiological Protection
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IEEE
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Institute of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers
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IEGMP
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Independent Expert
Group on Mobile Phones (UK)
(authors of the Stewart Report)
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INIRC
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International
Non-ionizing Radiation Committee
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in vitro
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in glass
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in vivo
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in a living body, as
opposed to in vitro
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IRPA
|
International Radiation
Protection Association
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mG
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milliGauss (old unit of
measurement of magnetic fields)
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Microwatt
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A unit of power equal
to one millionth (10-6) of a watt (abbreviation: TW)
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Milliwatt
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A unit of power equal
to one thousandth (10-3) of a watt (abbreviation mW)
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MOU
|
Memorandum of Understanding
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NATA
|
National Association of
Testing Authorities
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NCI
|
National Cancer
Institute (USA)
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NHMRC
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National Health and
Medical Research Council
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NIR
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non-ionizing radiation
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NRPB
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National Radiological
Protection Board (UK)
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ODC
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ornithine decarboxylase
– an enzyme
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power density
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The measure of the
radiated power of radiofrequency radiation reaching a surface. Sometimes
called “power flux”. The most common unit for this parameter is milliwatts
per square centimetre (mW/cm2). Also common is watts per square
metre (W/m2), where 1 W/m2 = 0.1 mW/cm2 =
100 TW/cm2
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power flux density
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The rate of flow of
radiofrequency energy per unit surface area expressed in watts per square
metre (W/m2)
The basic dosimetric quantity for RF fields above 10 GHz is the intensity of
the field measured as power density in watts per square metre (W/m2)
or for weak fields in milliwatts per square metre (mW/m2) or
microwatts per square metre (TW/m2).
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RF
|
Radiofrequency
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SAR
|
Specific absorption
rate
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SRDC
|
Strategic Research and
Development Committee – an NHMRC Committee
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SW
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Short wave
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TDMA
|
Time Division Multiple
Access
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TE/7
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Standards Australia
technical committee responsible for setting standards for human exposure to
electromagnetic radiation
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Tesla
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Magnetic fields are
measured in tesla (T), millitesla (mT) or microtesla (TT). In some countries the old unit called the Gauss
(1 G = 100 TT, or 1 TT = 10 mG) is still used for
measuring magnetic fields
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TIO
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Telecommunications
Industry Ombudsman
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W/kg
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Watt per kilogram
(measurement of Specific Absorption Rate)
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WAP
|
Wireless Application
Protocol
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Watt
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A measure of power
(that is, energy per unit time)
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