Radiofrequency electromagnetic fields from mobile communication: Description of modeled dose in brain regions and the body in European children and adolescents

Association between estimated whole-brain radiofrequency electromagnetic fields dose and cognitive function in preadolescents and adolescents

“…No previous studies have assessed the relationship of brain RF-EMF exposure and non-verbal intelligence but several studies have investigated the association between brain RF-EMF exposure using reported mobile and DECT phone calls, the primary contributors of RF-EMF exposure to the brain [2], [32], and other cognitive tasks similar to those included in our study [16]- [20], [22]. In line with our results, two studies did not observe any relationship of number of phone calls with speed of information processing [19] or minutes of phone calls with inattention [22] in children and preadolescents at 5-13 years of age.…”

“…We applied an integrative RF-EMF exposure model to estimate whole-brain RF-EMF dose from several RF-EMF exposure sources [30]- [32]. This model is built using information on the use of mobile communication devices (i.e.…”

“…We applied the integrated RF-EMF exposure model to estimate overall and sourcespecific whole-brain RF-EMF doses [30]- [32]. Briefly, the model combines three types of information: i) the estimated ratio of the absorbed power to the mass in which it is absorbed of each specific RF-EMF source which already takes into account the protection role of the head and individual characteristics (e.g.…”

“…First, the model estimated a specific RF-EMF dose (millijoules (mJ)/kg/day) to each RF-EMF source (mobile phone calls, DECT phone calls, other mobile phone uses, tablet use, laptop use, and far-field RF-EMF sources) as follows: The output power depends on the characteristics of the network. We assumed that other mobile phone uses, laptop use, and tablet use while wirelessly connected to the internet occur using WiFi at 2.4 GH z [32] and that WiFi data transfer rates were 54…”

Review of Existing Research on the Effects of Human Exposure to RF EMF

“…소프트웨어는 시간, GPS, 송신 전력, 수신 전력 및 휴대전화 칩셋에서 제공하는 기 타 정보를 기록하게 된다. [30] . 훨씬 이전에 전기장 추정값과 NARDA SRM-3000(NARDA Safety Test Solution, Hauppauge, NY)을 사용한 실측정 값을 비교 하였을 때 상관 계수(Spearman)는 0.64～0.67 범위로 보고 되었었다 [31] .…”