Workgroup report: base stations and wireless networks-radiofrequency (RF) exposures and health consequences review

Endpoint

• cancer: tumorigenesis
• effects on the neurological system: brain function
• hypersensitivity/subjective complaints
• epidemiology: health; cancer
• guidelines/safety: overview on different guidelines and limit values (e.g. ICNIRP guideline); survey of reports on mobile phone exposure and health of different countries
• causal chain/interaction mechanism between radiofrequency exposure and biological systems; risk communication discussion

Exposure

• • RF
• • CDMA
  • FDMA
  • TDMA
  • AM amplitude modulation
  • FM frequency modulation
  • CW continuous wave
  • PW pulsed wave
  • mobile communications
  • mobile phone base station
  • GSM
  • IRIDIUM
  • D-AMPS
  • wireless transmitter/antenna
  • UWB/WB
  • W-LAN/WiFi