Mortality by neoplasia and cellular telephone base stations in the Belo Horizonte municipality, Minas Gerais state, Brazil

Dode, Adilza Condessa; Leão, Mônica Maria Diniz; Tejo, Francisco de A.F.; Gomes, Antônio C.R.; Dode, Daiana C.; Dode, Michael C.; Moreira, Cristina W.; Condessa, Vânia A.; Albinatti, Cláudia; Caiaffa, Waleska Teixeira

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.05.051

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“…Using a mobile phone with weak signal coverage, a habit reported by most of our interviewees, is worrisome, since the reduced number of available channels due to overcrowding of users involves a higher field level and thus higher power in the device, which increases automatically in the attempt to locate another mobile phone base stations to keep the call going. Several studies 7,8,17 have indicated an association between exposure to non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation/ mobile phone base stations and health effects, only considering exposure to mobile phone base stations and overlooking exposure to non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation resulting from mobile phones use and thus APC.…”

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“…The study concluded that it is a mistake to explain the damage caused by this radiation, based exclusively on the thermal factor. Other effects of exposure to non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation/mobile telephony such as neoplasms (ovary, breast, lung), sleep disorders, headache, infertility, and others have been reported in the literature 15,16,17 .…”

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Exposição a radiações eletromagnéticas não ionizantes da telefonia celular e sintomas psiquiátricos

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Resumo O objetivo desse estudo foi investigar a associação entre exposição a radiações eletromagnéticas não ionizantes da estação radiobase de telefonia celular e sintomas à saúde. Em um estudo transversal realizado em Salvador, Bahia, Brasil, entrevistaram-se 440 indivíduos. Queixas e diagnósticos psiquiátricos constituíram as variáveis dependentes e a distância do domicílio para estação radiobase foi considerada a variável independente principal. Realizou-se análise de regressão logística hierarquizada para avaliação de confundimento e efeito. Observou-se associação entre sintomas psiquiátricos e residir próximo à estação radiobase e formas de uso do telefone celular (sinal de cobertura fraco, perto do corpo, dois ou mais chips e nunca desligar o celular quando dorme) e com uso de outros eletroeletrônicos. Concluiu-se que a exposição à radiação eletromagnética não ionizante de telefonia celular e a outros eletroeletrônicos foi associada aos sintomas psiquiátricos independente do sexo, escolaridade e tabagismo. Recomenda-se a adoção de medidas precaucionárias no sentido de se reduzir este tipo de exposição.

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Exposição a radiações eletromagnéticas não ionizantes da telefonia celular e sintomas psiquiátricos

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“…Other methods typically estimate exposure at the home address as a proxy of personal exposure. Simple methods such as the distance between nearby transmitters and the home address as a proxy of personal exposure to RF-EMF (Blettner et al, 2009;Dode et al, 2011;Eskander et al, 2012) are insufficiently accurate Neitzke et al, 2007). Frei et al (2010) showed that using a model to estimate exposure at the home address is currently the most appropriate method for estimating RF-EMF exposure in large epidemiological studies.…”

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Validity of at home model predictions as a proxy for personal exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields from mobile phone base stations

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“…Other studies have applied surrogate measures as proxies for exposure, such as average density and power output of antennas per area, 5 or distance to the closest mobile phone base station. 6,7 However, such simple exposure proxies have been shown to correlate poorly with measured exposure levels, 8 which means that study participants are likely to be misclassified hampering the assessment of the presence or absence of health effects.…”

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What input data are needed to accurately model electromagnetic fields from mobile phone base stations?

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Kromhout

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et al. 2014

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The increase in mobile communication technology has led to concern about potential health effects of radio frequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMFs) from mobile phone base stations. Different RF-EMF prediction models have been applied to assess population exposure to RF-EMF. Our study examines what input data are needed to accurately model RF-EMF, as detailed data are not always available for epidemiological studies. We used NISMap, a 3D radio wave propagation model, to test models with various levels of detail in building and antenna input data. The model outcomes were compared with outdoor measurements taken in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Results showed good agreement between modelled and measured RF-EMF when 3D building data and basic antenna information (location, height, frequency and direction) were used: Spearman correlations were >0.6. Model performance was not sensitive to changes in building damping parameters. Antenna-specific information about down-tilt, type and output power did not significantly improve model performance compared with using average down-tilt and power values, or assuming one standard antenna type. We conclude that 3D radio wave propagation modelling is a feasible approach to predict outdoor RF-EMF levels for ranking exposure levels in epidemiological studies, when 3D building data and information on the antenna height, frequency, location and direction are available.

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Mortality by neoplasia and cellular telephone base stations in the Belo Horizonte municipality, Minas Gerais state, Brazil

Cited by 41 publications

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Exposição a radiações eletromagnéticas não ionizantes da telefonia celular e sintomas psiquiátricos

Exposição a radiações eletromagnéticas não ionizantes da telefonia celular e sintomas psiquiátricos

Validity of at home model predictions as a proxy for personal exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields from mobile phone base stations

What input data are needed to accurately model electromagnetic fields from mobile phone base stations?

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