Roberts, 1985  Title: Epidemiological studies of human exposures
to radiofrequency radiation. A critical review.
Authors: Roberts NJ, Michaelson SM
Journal: Int Arch Occup Environ Health 1985;56(3):169-78
PMID: 3905624
Affiliated institution: Department
of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Chicago, Illinois.
Cited in:
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The health effects to exposure to radiofrequency radiation (RFR)
remain undefined and controversial. Epidemiological studies of
human exposures to RFR are confounded by difficulties in determining
the type and true extent of exposures, in selecting an appropriate
control group for comparisons, in determining the existence and
influence of many concomitant environmental factors, and in establishing
the presence or measuring the frequency or severity of subjective
complaints was well as objective findings in the studied populations.
This paper reviews reported RFR effects on general health, growth
and development, physiological systems such as the cardiovascular
and nervous systems, and organs such as the eye. Criteria for
reliable epidemiological studies are presented to allow critical
analysis of such reports.
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