Association between exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields assessed by dosimetry and acute symptoms in children and adolescents: a population based cross-sectional study epidem.

[Zusammenhang zwischen der Exposition bei hochfrequenten elektromagnetischen Feldern, abgeschätzt durch Dosimetrie, und akuten Symptomen bei Kindern und Jugendlichen: eine bevölkerungsbasierte Querschnittsstudie]

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Endpunkt/Art der Risikoabschätzung

• Unwohlsein: Kopfschmerzen, Gereiztheit, Nervosität, Schwindel, Müdigkeit und Konzentrations-Schwierigkeiten

Exposition

• • Hochfrequenz
• • Mobilfunk
  • Mobiltelefon
  • Mobilfunk-Basisstation
  • GSM
  • UMTS
  • DECT
  • W-LAN/WiFi
• • häusliche Exposition
  • persönliches Umfeld

Abschätzung

• Fragebogen: Besitz eines Mobiltelefons, Nutzung eines Mobiltelefons oder eines schnurlosen Telefons, geschätzter Abstand zur nächsten Basisstation
• Dosimeter: 24-stündige Messung: Personendosimeter
• Berechnung: basierend auf den Feldstärken für 3 Frequenzbereiche (GSM 900; GSM 1800, UMTS und DECT; WLAN) während der Wachzeit

Expositionsgruppen

Population

• Gruppe:
  • Kinder
• Alter: 8–17 Jahre
• Merkmale: Kinder im Alter von 8 bis 12 Jahren und Jugendliche im Alter von 13 bis 17 Jahren
• Beobachtungszeitraum: 2006 - 2008
• Studienort: Deutschland (München, Augsburg, Rosenheim, Landsberg)
• Datenquelle: Einwohnermeldeämter

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Ergebnisse (lt. Autor)

Studie gefördert durch

• Deutsches Mobilfunk Forschungsprogramm (DMF; German Mobile Phone Research Programme) at Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS)

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