Environmental Considerations Concering The Biological Effects of Power Frequency (50 or 60 Hz) Electric Fields review

Endpoint

• effects on the cardiovascular system: ECG, heart rate, blood pressure
• effects on the neurological system: EEG
• cognitive/behavioral endpoints: reaction time
• hypersensitivity/subjective complaints: excitability, headache, drowiness, fatigue, nausea, emotional status
• growth and weight gain, mortality, blood parameter

Exposure

• • 50/60 Hz
  • electric field
• • power transmission line
  • electric blanket
  • other domestic appliance
• • occupational
  • residential