ReviewIndustrial health2018
Occupational exposure to electromagnetic fields from medical sources.
Review in Industrial health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Occupational exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields.Industrial health · 2022Pooled it
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- Heterogeneous recycled carbon black derived from pyrolytic waste tire rubber with strong, wideband electromagnetic wave absorption.RSC advances · 2025Article
- Occupational exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields and brain tumor risk: Application of the INTEROCC job-exposure matrix.International journal of cancer · 2025Article
- Ambient RF-EMF exposure in surgical operating rooms from telecommunication antennas and Wi-Fi sources.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Two-Dimensional MXenes: Innovative Materials for Efficient Thermal Management and Safety Solutions.Research (Washington, D.C.) · 2024Review
- Proposed Safety Guidelines for Patient Assistants in an Open MRI Environment.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Issues in the Implementation of Directive 2013/35/EU Regarding the Protection of Workers against Electromagnetic Fields.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Experimental and Modeling Analyses of Human Motion Across the Static Magnetic Field of an MRI Scanner.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2021Article
- Evaluation of the electromagnetic field intensity in operating rooms and estimation of occupational exposures of personnel.Interventional medicine & applied science · 2018Article
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Abstract
High exposures to electromagnetic fields (EMF) can occur near certain medical devices in the hospital environment. A systematic assessment of medical occupational EMF exposure could help to clarify where more attention to occupational safety may be needed. This paper seeks to identify sources of high exposure for hospital workers and compare the published exposure data to occupational limits in the European Union. A systematic search for peer-reviewed publications was conducted via PubMed and Scopus databases. Relevant grey literature was collected via a web search. For each publication, the highest measured magnetic flux density or internal electric field strength per device and main frequency component was extracted. For low frequency fields, high action levels may be exceeded for magnetic stimulation, MRI gradient fields and movement in MRI static fields. For radiofrequency fields, the action levels may be exceeded near devices for diathermy, electrosurgery and hyperthermia and in the radiofrequency field inside MRI scanners. The exposure limit values for internal electric field may be exceeded for MRI and magnetic stimulation. For MRI and magnetic stimulation, practical measures can limit worker exposure. For diathermy, electrosurgery and hyperthermia, additional calculations are necessary to determine if SAR limits may be exceeded in some scenarios.
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