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Characterisation of personal exposure to environmental radiofrequency electromagnetic fields in Albacete (Spain) and assessment of risk perception
| العنوان: | Characterisation of personal exposure to environmental radiofrequency electromagnetic fields in Albacete (Spain) and assessment of risk perception |
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| المؤلفون: | Ramírez Vázquez, Raquel, González Rubio, Jesús, Arribas Garde, Enrique, Nájera López, Alberto |
| بيانات النشر: | Elsevier |
| سنة النشر: | 2019 |
| المجموعة: | Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha: Repositorio Universitario Institucional de Recursos Abiertos (RUIdeRA) |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Exposimeter, Personal exposure, Radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF), Risk perception |
| الوصف: | In the last decades, exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) has substantially increased as new wireless technologies have been introduced. Society has become more concerned about the possible effects of RF-EMF on human health in parallel to the increase in their exposure. The appearance of personal exposimeters opens up wide-ranging research possibilities. Despite studies having characterised personal exposure to RF-EMF, part of the population is still worried, to the extent that psychogenic diseases (“nocebo” effect) appear, and patients suffer. It could be interesting to share personal exposure results with the population to better understand and promote public health. The main objective was to characterise personal exposure to environmental RF-EMF in Albacete (166,000 inhabitants, SE Spain), and assess the effect of sharing the results of the study on participants’ risk perception. Measurements were taken by a personal Satimo EME SPY 140 exposimeter, which was programmed every 10 s for 24 h. To measure personal exposure to RF-EMF, we worked with 75 volunteers. Their personal exposure, 14 microenvironments in the city, e.g., home, outdoors, work, etc., and possible time differences were analysed. After participating in the study, 35 participants completed a questionnaire about their RF-EMF risk perception, which was also answered by a control sample to compare the results (N = 36). The total average exposure of 14 bands was 37.7 µW/m2, and individual ranges fell between 0.2 µW/m2, recorded in TV4&5, and a maximum of 264.7 µW/m2 in DECT. For Friday, we recorded a mean of 53.9 µW/m2 as opposed to 23.4 µW/m2 obtained on Saturday. The recorded night-time value was 27.5 µW/m2 versus 43.8 µW/m2 recorded in the daytime. The mean personal exposure value also showed differences between weekdays and weekend days, with 39.7 µW/m2 and 26.9 µW/m2, respectively. The main source that contributed to the mean total personal exposure was enhanced cordless telecommunications (DECT) with 50.2%, followed by ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| ردمك: | 978-0-01-393511-7 0-01-393511-9 |
| تدمد: | 0013-9351 1096-0953 |
| Relation: | POII10-0308-9533; Ramirez-Vazquez, R., Gonzalez-Rubio, J., Arribas, E., & Najera, A. (2019). Characterisation of personal exposure to environmental radiofrequency electromagnetic fields in Albacete (Spain) and assessment of risk perception. Environmental research, 172, 109-116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2019.02.015; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2019.02.015; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935119300878?via%3Dihub; https://hdl.handle.net/10578/33674 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.envres.2019.02.015 |
| الاتاحة: | https://hdl.handle.net/10578/33674 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2019.02.015 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935119300878?via%3Dihub |
| Rights: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.398E052C |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| ردمك: | 9780013935117 0013935119 |
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| تدمد: | 00139351 10960953 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.envres.2019.02.015 |