Exposure to power frequency magnetic fields and associations with physical symptoms.

Bron: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25463717?dopt=Abstract .
Environ Pollut. 2014 Oct 25;196C:224-229. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2014.10.011. (Epub ahead of print)

Everyday exposure to power frequency magnetic fields and associations with non-specific physical symptoms.

Bolte JF1, Baliatsas C2, Eikelboom T2, van Kamp I2.

1Centre for Sustainability, Environment and Health, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), PO Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands. Electronic address: john.bolte@rivm.nl.
2Centre for Sustainability, Environment and Health, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), PO Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands.

Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the association between exposure to extremely low frequency magnetic fields (ELF MF), or power frequency fields, and non-specific physical symptoms (NSPS). In a cross-sectional study, personal exposure to ELF MF was measured for 99 adults selected in and around Amsterdam, the Netherlands in 2009-2010. They were scored on 16 NSPS. As a cut-off point for the individual 24-h time weighted average exposure the 80-percentile (0.09 μT) was chosen. As only one man scored ''moderately high'' on the somatisation scale against nine women, we decided to proceed analyses only with the 48 women. The crude odds ratio (OR) for women was 8.50 (CI 95%: 1.73-46.75), suggesting that for women environmental exposure to ELF MF is associated with an increased score on NSPS. As this is an exploratory cross-sectional study in a relatively small sample, no conclusions regarding causality can be drawn.
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KEYWORDS:
Exposimeters; Extremely low frequency magnetic fields (ELF MF); Non-specific physical symptoms; Personal exposure measurements; Power frequency magnetic fields


Commentaar StopUMTS:
Een typisch Nederlands onderzoek. Een minder belangrijk onderwerp, ELF MF en niet de veel belangrijkere RF EMV, verder geen conclusies en tot slot geen indicatie dat de veel belangrijker effecten van waarschijnlijke aanwezige zendmasten in de buurt, mobieltjes, smartphones, DECT telefoons en WiFi geëlimineerd zijn, wat zeer waarschijnlijk niet mogelijk is. Lijkt op weggegooid geld om de indruk te wekken dat er in Nederland iets op dit gebied gedaan wordt.



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