Health risks of electromagnetic fields. Part II: Evaluation and assessment of radio frequency radiation review

Endpoint

• genotoxicity/mutation: DNA damage, mutation
• cell viability/cell division/proliferation: cell proliferation
• cell function: intracellular calcium, ornithine decarboxylase (ODC)
• cancer: brain tumor, uveal melanoma, leukemia, animal cancer studies
• effects on the cardiovascular system: blood-brain barrier, cardiovascular diseases
• endocrine changes: melatonin
• effects on the neurological system: perception, auditory response, ocular effects, cataract, brain function
• cognitive/behavioral endpoints: behavioral effects in animals and humans
• thermoregulation: thermoregulatory response
• hypersensitivity/subjective complaints: subjective symptoms
• sleep: sleep disturbance
• epidemiology: occupational and public environment, see "cancer"
• dosimetry/technology: dosimetry and measurement
• guidelines/safety: safety standards and exposure guidelines

Exposure

• • RF field
• • AM amplitude modulation
  • FM frequency modulation
  • therapeutic/medical device
  • radar
  • Radio/TV transmitter
  • TV broadcast (VHF/UHF)
  • FM broadcast (UKW)
  • AM radio transmitters
  • EAS/RFID
  • microw. oven/heating device
  • mobile communications
  • analog mobile phone
  • digital mobile phone
  • mobile phone base station
  • MRI
• • occupational
  • residential