Note: This study found no significant biological effects under its experimental conditions. We include all studies for scientific completeness.
Gender-specific reproductive outcome and exposure to high-frequency electromagnetic radiation among physiotherapists.
Larsen AI, Olsen J, Svane O · 1991
View Original AbstractHigh EMF exposure during pregnancy dramatically reduced male births to just 23.5%, suggesting male fetuses are especially vulnerable to electromagnetic radiation.
Plain English Summary
Danish researchers studied 586 pregnancies among physiotherapists exposed to high-frequency electromagnetic radiation from medical equipment. They found that mothers with high EMF exposure gave birth to significantly fewer boys (only 23.5% compared to the normal 51%), and male babies born to exposed mothers had lower birth weights. The study suggests that EMF exposure may selectively affect male reproductive outcomes.
Study Details
The aim of this case-referent study was to investigate reproductive hazards other than congenital malformations after exposure to high-frequency electromagnetic radiation.
Cases and referents were sampled from a cohort of pregnancies of members of the Union of Danish Phys...
A total of 8.4% did not participate. Only 23.5% of the children born by the highly exposed mothers w...
The other outcomes were not statistically significantly associated with exposure to high-frequency electromagnetic radiation.
Show BibTeX
@article{ai_1991_genderspecific_reproductive_outcome_and_3179,
author = {Larsen AI and Olsen J and Svane O},
title = {Gender-specific reproductive outcome and exposure to high-frequency electromagnetic radiation among physiotherapists.},
year = {1991},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1947918/},
}