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Systematic review on the health effects of exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields from mobile phonebase stations.

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Röösli M, Frei P, Mohler E, Hug K · 2010

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The review found strong evidence from randomized blinded trials that mobile phone base station exposure up to 10 volts per metre does not relate to acute symptoms, but data are insufficient for long-term low-level exposure.

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The systematic review included 5 randomized human laboratory trials and 12 epidemiological studies. Most of the papers examined self-reported non-specific symptoms of ill-health. Most randomized trials did not detect an association between MPBS radiation and acute symptom development, and sporadic associations lacked a consistent pattern. The authors concluded that evidence for no acute effect up to 10 volts per metre is strong, but data are insufficient for long-term low-level exposure.

Why This Matters

The review aimed to evaluate recent literature on health effects of mobile phone base station radiation. The authors noted that more sophisticated exposure assessment methods were associated with a lower likelihood of reported effects. Research on health effects beyond non-specific symptoms and on children's exposure was scarce.

Study Details

to review and evaluate the recent literature on the health effects of exposure to mobile phone base station (MPBS) radiation.

we performed a systematic review of randomized human trials conducted in laboratory settings and of ...

we included in the analysis 17 articles that met our basic quality criteria: 5 randomized human labo...

the evidence for a missing relationship between MPBS exposure up to 10 volts per metre and acute symptom development can be considered strong because it is based on randomized, blinded human laboratory trials. At present, there is insufficient data to draw firm conclusions about health effects from long-term low-level exposure typically occurring in the everyday environment.

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Röösli M, Frei P, Mohler E, Hug K (2010). Systematic review on the health effects of exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields from mobile phonebase stations. Bull World Health Organ. 88(12):887-896F, 2010.
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@article{m_2010_systematic_review_on_the_3333,
  author = {Röösli M and Frei P and Mohler E and Hug K},
  title = {Systematic review on the health effects of exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields from mobile phonebase stations.},
  year = {2010},
  
  url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21124713/},
}
PubMed: 21124713

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Quick Questions About This Study

The review included 5 randomized human laboratory trials and 12 epidemiological studies.
The majority of the papers examined self-reported non-specific symptoms of ill-health.
Most randomized trials did not detect any association between MPBS radiation and the development of acute symptoms during or shortly after exposure.
The more sophisticated the exposure assessment, the less likely it was that an effect would be reported.
At present, there is insufficient data to draw firm conclusions about health effects from long-term low-level exposure typically occurring in the everyday environment.