Exposure to electromagnetic fields in households--trends from 2006 to 2012
Tomitsch J, Dechant E et al · 2015
In revisited households, median ELF electric fields decreased from 23.20 V/m in 2006 to 13.90 V/m in 2012, median all-night ELF magnetic fields at 50 Hz decreased from 13.50 to 11.37 nT, and median total RF-EMFs increased from 28.13 to 52.16 µW/m².
Plain English Summary
In revisited households, median ELF electric fields decreased from 23.20 V/m in 2006 to 13.90 V/m in 2012, median all-night ELF magnetic fields at 50 Hz decreased from 13.50 to 11.37 nT, and median total RF-EMFs increased from 28.13 to 52.16 µW/m². The highest RF-EMF increases were for UMTS and WLAN, urban areas had higher median total RF-EMFs (117.73 µW/m²) than rural areas (34.52 µW/m²), and LTE at 2600 MHz was detected at 17 locations up to 38.20 µW/m². Indoor sources showed decreased exposure in the DECT frequency range and increased exposure in the WLAN frequency range.
Exposure Information
Specific exposure levels were not quantified in this study.
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@article{tomitsch_j_dechant_e_et_al_january_2015_exposure_to_electromagnetic_fields_in_households_trends_from_2006_to_2012_bioelectromagnetics_2015_jan36177_85_doi_101002bem21887_ce628,
author = {Tomitsch J and Dechant E et al},
title = {Exposure to electromagnetic fields in households--trends from 2006 to 2012},
year = {2015},
doi = {10.1002/bem.21887},
}