Study type:
Epidemiological study
(observational study)
The impact of exposure to radio frequency electromagnetic fields on chronic well-being in young people - A cross-sectional study based on personal dosimetry
epidem.
By:
Heinrich S, Thomas S, Heumann C, von Kries R, Radon K
Published in: Environ Int 2011; 37 (1): 26-30
Aim of study (acc. to author)
Further details
Endpoint/type of risk estimation
Type of risk estimation:
(odds ratio (OR))
Exposure
Assessment
Exposure groups
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Group
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Description
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Reference group 1
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exposure quartile 1
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Group 2
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exposure quartile 2
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Group 3
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exposure quartile 3
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Group 4
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exposure quartile 4
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Reference group 5
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children exposed to 0.13 - ≤ 0.25 % of the ICNIRP reference level
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Group 6
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children exposed to 0.25 - 0.92 % of the ICNIRP reference level (90th percentile)
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Reference group 7
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adolescents exposed to 0.13 - ≤ 0.26 % of the ICNIRP reference level
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Group 8
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adolescents exposed to 0.26 - 0.78 % of the ICNIRP reference level (90th percentile)
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Reference group 9
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child's mobile phone use: less than nearly daily
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Group 10
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child's mobile phone use: at least daily
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Reference group 11
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child's DECT phone use: less than nearly daily
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Group 12
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child's DECT phone use: at least nearly daily
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Reference group 13
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adolescent's mobile phone use: less than nearly daily
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Group 14
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adolescent's mobile phone use: at least daily
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Reference group 15
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adolescent's DECT phone use: less than nearly daily
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Group 16
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adolescent's DECT phone use: at least nearly daily
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Population
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Group:
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Age:
8–17 years
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Characteristics:
children (aged between 8 and 12 years) and adolescents (aged between 13 and 17 years)
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Observation period:
2006 - 2007
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Study location:
Germany (4 Upper Bavarian towns)
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Data source:
registration offices
Study size
| Type |
Value |
| Total |
6,386 |
| Participants |
3,022 |
| Participation rate |
52 % |
Statistical analysis method:
(
adjustment:
- age
- sex
- residential area
- socioeconomic status
- education
- environmental worries
)
Results (acc. to author)
Study funded by
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Deutsches Mobilfunk Forschungsprogramm (DMF; German Mobile Phone Research Programme) at Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS)
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