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Personal dosimetry of exposure to mobile telephone base stations? An epidemiologic feasibility study comparing the Maschek dosimeter prototype and the Antennessa SP-090 system.
Radon K, Spegel H, Meyer N, Klein J, Brix J, Wiedenhofer A, Eder H, Praml G, Schulze A, Ehrenstein V, von Kries R, Nowak D. · 2006
View Original AbstractPersonal EMF dosimeters show poor reliability and don't match people's perceived exposure levels, highlighting measurement challenges in wireless radiation research.
Plain English Summary
German researchers tested whether personal dosimeters could accurately measure people's daily exposure to cell tower radiation by having 163 participants wear monitoring devices for 24 hours. They found that people's self-reported exposure levels didn't match what the dosimeters actually measured, and two different dosimeter models showed only moderate agreement with each other (correlation of 0.35). This suggests that while personal dosimetry might be useful for research studies, the measurement tools need improvement for reliable exposure assessment.
Study Details
The aim of our study was to test the feasibility and reliability of personal dosimetry.
Twenty-four hour exposure assessment was carried out in 42 children, 57 adolescents, and 64 adults u...
Self-reported exposures were not associated with dosimetry readings. The measurement results of the ...
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@article{k_2006_personal_dosimetry_of_exposure_3317,
author = {Radon K and Spegel H and Meyer N and Klein J and Brix J and Wiedenhofer A and Eder H and Praml G and Schulze A and Ehrenstein V and von Kries R and Nowak D. },
title = {Personal dosimetry of exposure to mobile telephone base stations? An epidemiologic feasibility study comparing the Maschek dosimeter prototype and the Antennessa SP-090 system.},
year = {2006},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16304690/},
}