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Radiofrequency Exposure Amongst Employees of Mobile Network Operators and Broadcasters
- Source :
- Radiation Protection Dosimetry, Litchfield, I, van Tongeren, M & Sorahan, T 2017, ' Radiofrequency Exposure Amongst Employees of Mobile Network Operators and Broadcasters ', Radiation Protection Dosimetry, vol. 175, no. 2, pp. 178-185 . https://doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncw283
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press, 2016.
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Abstract
- Little is known about personal exposure to radiofrequency (RF) fields amongst employees in the telecommunications industry responsible for installing and maintaining transmitters. IARC classified RF exposure as a possible carcinogen, although evidence from occupational studies was judged to be inadequate. Hence, there is a need for improved evidence of any potentially adverse health effects amongst the workforce occupationally exposed to RF radiation. In this study, results are presented from an exposure survey using data from personal monitors used by employees in the broadcasting and telecommunication industries of the UK. These data were supplemented by spot measurements using broadband survey metres and information on daily work activities provided by employee questionnaires. The sets of real-time personal data were categorised by four types of site determined by the highest powered antenna present (high, medium or low power and ground-level sites). For measurements gathered at each type of site, the root mean square and a series of box plots were produced. Results from the daily activities diaries suggested that riggers working for radio and television broadcasters were exposed to much longer periods as compared to colleagues working for mobile operators. Combining the results from the measurements and daily activity diaries clearly demonstrate that exposures were highest for riggers working for broadcasting sites. This study demonstrates that it is feasible to carry out exposure surveys within these populations that will provide reliable estimates of exposure that can be used for epidemiological studies of occupational groups exposed to RF fields.
- Subjects :
- Paper
Occupational group
Activities of daily living
Rf exposure
Radio Waves
Broadcasting
030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Electromagnetic Fields
Adverse health effect
Environmental health
Journal Article
Humans
Industry
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Radiation
Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
business.industry
Rf radiation
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
General Medicine
Radiation Exposure
030210 environmental & occupational health
Workforce
Cellular network
Telecommunications
Television
Business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17423406 and 01448420
- Volume :
- 175
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Radiation Protection Dosimetry
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....245015004ee2406ae17a19f09d52a0f2