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Does exposure to environmental radiofrequency electromagnetic fields cause cognitive and behavioral effects in 10-year-old boys?

No Effects Found

Calvente I, Pérez-Lobato R, Núñez MI, Ramos R, Guxens M, Villalba J, Olea N, Fernández MF · 2016

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Exposure Details

Power Density
2.8594 and 0.0002759 mW/cm²
Source/Device
100 kHz–6 GHz

Exposure Context

This study used 2.8594 and 0.0002759 mW/cm² for radio frequency:

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Where This Falls on the Concern Scale

Study Exposure Level in ContextStudy Exposure Level in ContextThis study: 2.8594 and 0.0002759 mW/cm²Extreme Concern - 1,000 µW/m²FCC Limit - 10M µW/m²Effects observed in the Extreme Concern range (Building Biology)FCC limit is 3,625 times higher than this level
A logarithmic frequency spectrum from 10 Hz to 100 GHz showing where this study's 100 kHz - 6 GHz exposure sits relative to common EMF sources.Where This Frequency Sits on the EMF SpectrumELFVLFLF / MFHF / VHFUHFSHFmm10 Hz100 GHzThis study: 100 kHz - 6 GHzPower lines50/60 HzCell phones~1 GHzWiFi2.4 GHz5G mm28 GHzLogarithmic scale

Study Details

We aimed to explore the association of environmental radiofrequency-electromagnetic fields (RF-EMFs) exposure with neurobehavioral function of children

A subsample of 123 boys belonging to the Environment and Childhood cohort from Granada (Spain), recr...

Most of the cognitive and behavioral parameters did not show any effect, but children living in high...

Cite This Study
Calvente I, Pérez-Lobato R, Núñez MI, Ramos R, Guxens M, Villalba J, Olea N, Fernández MF (2016). Does exposure to environmental radiofrequency electromagnetic fields cause cognitive and behavioral effects in 10-year-old boys? Bioelectromagnetics. 37(1):25-36, 2016.
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@article{i_2016_does_exposure_to_environmental_2739,
  author = {Calvente I and Pérez-Lobato R and Núñez MI and Ramos R and Guxens M and Villalba J and Olea N and Fernández MF},
  title = {Does exposure to environmental radiofrequency electromagnetic fields cause cognitive and behavioral effects in 10-year-old boys?},
  year = {2016},
  doi = {10.1002/bem.21951},
  url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/bem.21951},
}
DOI: 10.1002/bem.21951

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