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ArticleOncology letters2018

Radiofrequency radiation from nearby base stations gives high levels in an apartment in Stockholm, Sweden: A case report.

Lennart Hardell, Michael Carlberg, Lena K Hedendahl

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Article in Oncology letters, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  7. Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Fields Exposure Assessment in Indoor Environments: A Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019
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  11. CeOInternational journal of nanomedicine · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Lennart HardellDepartment of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, SE-701 82 Örebro, Sweden.
Michael CarlbergDepartment of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, SE-701 82 Örebro, Sweden.
Lena K HedendahlThe Environment and Cancer Research Foundation, SE-702 17 Örebro, Sweden.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exposure to radiofrequency (RF) radiation was classified in 2011 as a possible human carcinogen, Group 2B, by the International Agency for Research on Cancer of the World Health Organisation. Evidence of the risk of cancer risk has since strengthened. Exposure is changing due to the rapid development of technology resulting in increased ambient radiation. RF radiation of sufficient intensity heats tissues, but the energy is insufficient to cause ionization, hence it is called non-ionizing radiation. These non-thermal exposure levels have resulted in biological effects in humans, animals and cells, including an increased cancer risk. In the present study, the levels of RF radiation were measured in an apartment close to two groups of mobile phone base stations on the roof. A total of 74,531 measurements were made corresponding to ~83 h of recording. The total mean RF radiation level was 3,811 µW/m

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cancerexposurehealthmeasurementmicrowavesradiofrequency radiation

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PMID29725476
PMCPMC5920374

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