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Congenital malformations and exposure to high-frequency electromagnetic radiation among Danish physiotherapists.
Larsen AI · 1991
View Original AbstractThis study found no significant link between high-frequency EMF exposure and birth defects, but small sample size limits conclusions.
Plain English Summary
Danish researchers studied 54 physiotherapists who gave birth to children with congenital malformations and 247 who had healthy babies, examining whether exposure to high-frequency electromagnetic radiation during the first month of pregnancy increased birth defect risk. They found no statistically significant link between EMF exposure and birth defects (odds ratio 1.7 with a confidence interval that included no effect). This suggests that the high-frequency electromagnetic devices commonly used in physiotherapy practice may not increase the risk of congenital malformations.
Study Details
A cluster initiated the present case-referent study to assess the relation between exposure to high-frequency electromagnetic radiation and congenital malformations
Through the linkage of a cohort formed from a union file of Danish physiotherapists with complete na...
No statistically significant associations between pregnancy outcome and high-frequency electromagnet...
Show BibTeX
@article{ai_1991_congenital_malformations_and_exposure_3180,
author = {Larsen AI},
title = {Congenital malformations and exposure to high-frequency electromagnetic radiation among Danish physiotherapists.},
year = {1991},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1947917/},
}