AbstractFurther studies of human whole‐body radiofrequency (RF) absorption rates were carried out using a TEM‐cell exposure system. Experiments were done at one frequency near the grounded resonance frequency ( ∼ 40 MHz), and at several below‐resonance frequencies. Absorption rates are small for the K and H orientations of the body, even when grounded. For the body trunk in an E orientation, the absorption rate of a sitting person is about half of the rate for the same person standing with arms at the sides; the latter in turn is about half the rate for the same subject standing with arms over the head. Two‐body interactions cause no increase in absorption rates for grounded people. They do, however, increase the absorption rates for subjects in an E orientation in free space; the largest interaction occurs when one subject is λ/2 behind the other (as seen by the incident wave). When these results are applied to practical occupational exposure situations, the whole‐body specific absorption rate does not exceed the ANSI limit of 0.4 W/kg for exposures permitted by the ANSI standard (C95.1‐1982) at frequencies fr
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