Title :
Elementary effects in humans exposed to electromagnetic fields and radiation
Author :
Van Loock, Walter
Author_Institution :
Dept. Intec, Ghent Univ., Ghent, Belgium
Abstract :
Exposure to electromagnetic fields and radiation causes physical and chemical changes in the body provided energy is absorbed. Guidelines to protect people are briefly reviewed and its shortcomings discussed. A health factor (HF) is proposed. Radio waves, even with high information content, are not likely to be a risk of cancer.
Keywords :
biological effects of fields; biological effects of microwaves; biological effects; electromagnetic field exposure; electromagnetic radiation exposure; health factor; Absorption; Cancer; Cells (biology); Chemicals; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic radiation; Frequency conversion; Humans; Kinetic energy; Radio frequency; EMF; GSM; RF; electromagnetism; health; microwave; safety;
Conference_Titel :
Environmental Electromagnetics, 2009. CEEM 2009. 5th Asia-Pacific Conference on
Conference_Location :
Xian
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4344-4
DOI :
10.1109/CEEM.2009.5304780
