A5036500824- Electromagnetic Fields and Biological Effects
- Noise Effects and Management
- Wireless Body Area Networks
- Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Radiation Dose and Imaging
- Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
- Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
- Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies
- Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
- Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques
- Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling
- Power Line Communications and Noise
- Polar Research and Ecology
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Wireless Sensor Networks for Data Analysis
- Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry
- Radiation Effects and Dosimetry
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
UK Health Security Agency
2021-2022
Public Health England
2013-2019
Health Protection Agency
2011
The rapid increase in mobile phone use young people has generated concern about possible health effects of exposure to radiofrequency (RF), extremely low frequency (ELF) electromagnetic fields (EMF). MOBI-Kids, a multinational case-control study, investigates the potential childhood and adolescent EMF from communications technologies on brain tumor risk 14 countries. which aims include approximately 1,000 cases aged 10-24 years two individually matched controls for each case, follows common...
Laboratory measurements have been carried out with examples of Wi-Fi devices used in UK schools to evaluate the radiofrequency power densities around them and total emitted powers. Unlike previous studies, a 20 MHz bandwidth signal analyzer was used, enabling whole be captured monitored. The radiation patterns laptops had certain similarities, including minimum toward torso user two maxima symmetrically opposed across vertical plane bisecting screen keyboard. would resulted from separate...
In recent decades, the possibility that use of mobile communicating devices, particularly wireless (mobile and cordless) phones, may increase brain tumour risk, has been a concern, given considerable in their by young people. MOBI-Kids, 14-country (Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain) case-control study, was conducted to evaluate whether phone (and resulting exposure radiofrequency (RF) extremely low...
Abstract A recent study examining the relationship between distance to nearby power lines and childhood cancer risk re‐opened debate about which exposure metrics are appropriate for frequency magnetic field investigations. Using data from two large population‐based UK German studies we demonstrate that is a comparatively poor predictor of measured residential fields. Even at proximities 50 m or less, positive predictive value having household measurement over 0.2 µT was only 19.4%. Clearly...
There is an unexplained association between exposure to the magnetic fields arising from supply and use of electricity, increase in risk childhood leukaemia. The UK Childhood Cancer Study (UKCCS) provides a large unique source information on residential field UK. purpose this supplementary study was investigate sample UKCCS homes order identify particular sources that contribute elevated time-averaged exposure. In all, 196 have been investigated, 102 with exposures estimated basis original...
The United Kingdom Childhood Cancer Study, a population-based case–control study covering the whole of Great Britain, incorporated pilot measuring electric fields. Measurements were made in homes 473 children who diagnosed with malignant neoplasm between 1992 and 1996 aged 0–14 at diagnosis, together 453 controls matched on age, sex geographical location. Exposure assessments comprised resultant spot measurements child's bedroom family living-room. Temporal stability fields was investigated...
Wireless phones (both mobile and cordless) emit not only radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic fields (EMF) but also extremely low frequency (ELF) magnetic fields, both of which should be considered in epidemiological studies the possible adverse health effects use such devices. This paper describes a unique algorithm, developed for multinational case-control MOBI-Kids study, that estimates cumulative specific energy (CSE) induced current density (CICD) brain from RF ELF respectively, each...
Epidemiological evidence showing a consistent association between the risk of childhood leukaemia and exposure to power frequency magnetic fields has been accumulating. This debate considers additional precautionary intervention needed manage this risk, when it exceeds protection afforded by guidelines as recommended International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection.The Bradford-Hill Criteria are for evaluating scientific that low cause leukaemia. The criteria used assessing...
Personal measurements of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) have been used in several studies to characterise personal exposure daily life, but such data are limitedly available for adolescents, and not yet the United Kingdom (UK). In this study, we aimed RF-EMF adolescents study association between rules applied at school home restrict wireless communication use, likely implemented reduce other effects mobile technology (e.g. distraction). We measured 16 common frequency bands...
Abstract Although radio frequency (RF) electromagnetic fields emitted by mobile phones have received much attention, relatively little is known about the extremely low (ELF) magnetic phones. This paper summarises ELF flux density measurements on global system for communications (GSM) phones, conducted as part of MOBI‐KIDS epidemiological study. The main challenge to identify a small number generic phone models that can be used classify exposure different reported in Two‐dimensional were...
Journal Article Assessing occupational and domestic elf magnetic field exposure in the uk adult brain tumour study: results of a feasibility study Get access Martie van Tongeren, Tongeren *Corresponding author: martie.van-tongeren@man.ac.uk Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Terry Mee, Mee Pamela Whatmough, Whatmough Lisa Broad, Broad Myron Maslanyj, Maslanyj Stuart Allen, Allen Ken Muir, Muir Patricia McKinney Radiation Protection Dosimetry,...
Human body exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic waves emitted from smart meters was assessed using various configurations. Specific energy absorption rate distributions were determined three anatomically realistic human models. Each model assigned with age‐ and frequency‐dependent dielectric properties representing a collection of age groups. Generalized conditions involving standing sleeping postures for home area network operating at 868 2,450 MHz. The meter antenna fed 1 W power...
Background: Occupational exposure to extremely low frequency (ELF) magnetic fields (MF) in the UK general population is poorly documented. Aims: To assess levels of occupational ELF MF and evaluate use a rigid job-exposure matrix (JEM) assign exposures subjects Adult Brain Tumour Study (UKABTS). Methods: Personal measurements were carried out. Exposure traces divided into occupational, travel elsewhere periods, under differing metrics. was classified by Standard Classification (2000),...
Laboratory measurements of electric fields have been carried out around examples smart meter devices used in Great Britain. The aim was to quantify exposure people radiofrequency signals emitted from operating at 2.4 GHz, and then compare this with international (ICNIRP) health‐related guidelines exposures other telecommunication sources such as mobile phones Wi‐Fi devices. angular distribution the a sample 39 measured controlled laboratory environment. direction where power density greatest...
Human exposure to electric and magnetic fields has been amply investigated in the extremely-low frequency (ELF) radiofrequency (RF) ranges. However, research on typical emissions intermediate-frequency (IF) range remains limited. In this study, an extensive measurement survey was performed levels of at intermediate frequencies typically emitted by a wide household appliances. The contained either harmonic signals, with fundamental between 6 kHz 100 kHz, or much more capricious spectra,...
Background and Aims: Brain tumours are the second most common neoplasms in young people. Apart from exposure to ionizing radiation genetic predispositions, little is known about risk factors for these tumours. Mobi-Kids will study effects of environmental on brain tumour people, with particular focus electromagnetic fields mobile phones other communication technologies. Methods: a collaborative case-control starting 12 countries (Austria, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, India,...