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

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Acknowledgements: The authors would like to thank Reinout Wiersand Linda Vodegel-Matzen for implementation of the Raven-like test in the ABCD cohort.

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

“…Therefore in some cases, assumptions had to be made regarding several factors: laterality of mobile phone use, 2G/3G network use proportions, activities while using mobile phone data or laptops and tablets, WiFi data transfer rates (54 Mbps), time spent in certain microenvironments, and RF exposure from other far-field sources (Supplementary Methods S1 and Table S7). However, our exposure modeling was recently used by Calbré-Riera et al and their sensitivity analyses explored additional higher-exposure and lower-exposure assumptions (Cabré-Riera, vanWel, et al 2020). Results demonstrated that changes in assumptions led to only marginal RF dose variations.…”

“…To model RF dose in specific regions and tissues of the brain and body, Liorni et al ) developed an integrated dose model to include many relevant RF sources, based on specific absorption rate (SAR) transfer approximations developed and applied in (vanWel et al 2020 SAR approximations were derived on the basis of a large-scale numerical study analysing the exposure of the human anatomical phantom belonging to the Virtual Population (Gosselin et al 2014) developed by the IT'IS Foundation (https://itis.swiss) to different RF systems in several exposure scenarios. Virtual population phantoms were assigned to participants based on age and mass of the participant (Supplementary Table S4).…”

Systematic review of the physiological and health-related effects of radiofrequency electromagnetic field exposure from wireless communication devices on children and adolescents in experimental and epidemiological human studies

“…The remaining 9 studies of 1 st -tier (n = 2) and 2 nd -tier (n = 7) quality found no consistent evidence for an association between exposure to mobile communication EMF and cognitive function in children and adolescents. Some of these studies found both impairments and improvements in single parameters [ 61 – 65 ] while others found only a few inconsistent [ 45 , 66 ] or no [ 67 ] significant results. Some authors attributed their significant results to the study design or to chance and interpreted them with caution.…”

The dose-dependent effect of 1.5-GHz microwave exposure on spatial memory and the NMDAR pathway in Wistar rats

“…With the increasing use of electromagnetic equipment in the fields of communications, agriculture, industry, and military affairs, the impact of electromagnetic radiation on human health has received widespread attention(Leung et al 2011 ; Cabré-Riera et al 2021 ). Studies have shown that microwaves can affect the brain, heart, and reproductive system, and the brain is the most sensitive organ (Eliyahu et al 2006 ; Narayanan et al 2010 ; Fragopoulou et al 2018 ).…”