Guidance for exposure design of human studies addressing health risk evaluations of mobile phones

Conflicting results have recently emerged from human provocation studies that addressed the possible health hazards of radio frequency (RF) field exposure from mobile phones. Different findings may have resulted from exposures that are poorly defined and difficult to compare. The aim of this study w...

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Published in:Bioelectromagnetics 2004-10, Vol.25 (7), p.524-529
Main Authors: Kuster, Niels, Schuderer, Jürgen, Christ, Andreas, Futter, Peter, Ebert, Sven
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Absorption
Cell Phone
dosimetry
Double-Blind Method
Electromagnetic Fields - adverse effects
Environmental Exposure - classification
exposure setups
Humans
Radiation Dosage
radio frequency
Radio Waves - adverse effects
Reproducibility of Results
Research Design
RF apparatus
Risk Assessment - classification
Safety
Temperature
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Summary:Conflicting results have recently emerged from human provocation studies that addressed the possible health hazards of radio frequency (RF) field exposure from mobile phones. Different findings may have resulted from exposures that are poorly defined and difficult to compare. The aim of this study was to develop guidelines to facilitate the development of exposure systems for human volunteer studies which lead to reproducible results and which provide maximum relevance with respect to the assessment of the safety of mobile technology. The most important exposure parameters are discussed such as the signal, field distribution, and field strength, as well as the minimum requirements for the setup and dosimetry. Bioelectromagnetics 25:524–529, 2004. © 2004 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
ISSN:0197-8462
1521-186X
DOI:10.1002/bem.20034