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      "id": "arpansa-rps-s1",
      "title": "Standard for Limiting Exposure to Radiofrequency Fields — 100 kHz to 300 GHz, RPS S-1 (Rev. 1)",
      "publisher": "Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency",
      "url": "https://www.arpansa.gov.au/regulation-and-licensing/regulatory-publications/radiation-protection-series/codes-and-standards/rpss-1",
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      "title": "Radiocommunications (Electromagnetic Radiation — Human Exposure) Standard 2014",
      "publisher": "Australian Communications and Media Authority (Federal Register of Legislation)",
      "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2014L00960/asmade/2014-07-07/text/original/epub/OEBPS/document_1/document_1.html",
      "year": 2014,
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      "retrieved": "2026-08-12"
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      "id": "icnirp-2020",
      "title": "Guidelines for Limiting Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields (100 kHz to 300 GHz)",
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      "url": "https://www.icnirp.org/en/publications/article/rf-guidelines-2020.html",
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      "retrieved": "2026-08-12"
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