Guidelines for Limiting Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields (100 kHz to 300 GHz)
2020/03/13 by International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection · 1,953 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Engineering · Health Professions · Medicine · #Bluetooth #Computer science #Electromagnetic Fields and Biological Effects #Electromagnetic field #Engineering #Limiting #Medical physics #Medicine #Noise Effects and Management #Non-ionizing radiation #Optics #Physics #Telecommunications #Wireless #Wireless Body Area Networks
paper · doi:10.1097/hp.0000000000001210
published in Health Physics 118(5), 483-524 (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins)
openalex publication_date 2020/03/13 · openalex created_date 2022/01/25 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/04
Abstract
Radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (EMFs) are used to enable a number of modern devices, including mobile telecommunications infrastructure and phones, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth. As radiofrequency EMFs at sufficiently high power levels can adversely affect health, ICNIRP published Guidelines in 1998 for human exposure to time-varying EMFs up to 300 GHz, which included the radiofrequency EMF spectrum. Since that time, there has been a considerable body of science further addressing the relation between radiofrequency EMFs and adverse health outcomes, as well as significant developments in the technologies that use radiofrequency EMFs. Accordingly, ICNIRP has updated the radiofrequency EMF part of the 1998 Guidelines. This document presents these revised Guidelines, which provide protection for humans from exposure to EMFs from 100 kHz to 300 GHz.
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