Sensitivity to electricity - temporal changes in Austria risk

Risk perception

• general risk estimation
• personal risk estimation
• information requirement
• risk knowledge
• information source
• concern

Endpoint

• hypersensitivity/subjective complaints: electro sensitivity (headache, allergic reactions, skin symptoms, eye irritations)
• sleep: sleep disturbance

Considered exposure sources

• • 50/60 Hz
• • power transmission line
  • PC/TV monitor
  • other domestic appliance
  • Radio/TV transmitter
  • mobile communications
  • mobile phone
  • mobile phone base station
  • cordless phone
• • residential

Investigated group

526 residents of Austria participated in a telephone survey in 2002 and the results were compared to the survey in 1994.

Related articles

• Baliatsas C et al. (2015): Actual and perceived exposure to electromagnetic fields and non-specific physical symptoms: an epidemiological study based on self-reported data and electronic medical records
• Baliatsas C et al. (2014): Comparing non-specific physical symptoms in environmentally sensitive patients: prevalence, duration, functional status and illness behavior
• Baliatsas C et al. (2011): Non-specific physical symptoms in relation to actual and perceived proximity to mobile phone base stations and powerlines