Conduct of a personal radiofrequency electromagnetic field measurement study: proposed study protocol

Röösli, Martin; Frei, Patrizia; Bolte, John; Neubauer, Georg; Cardis, Elisabeth; Feychting, Maria; Gajsek, Peter; Heinrich, Sabine; Joseph, Wout; Mann, Simon; Martens, Luc; Mohler, Evelyn; Parslow, Roger C; Poulsen, Aslak Harbo; Radon, Katja; Schüz, Joachim; Thuroczy, György; Viel, Jean-François; Vrijheid, Martine

doi:10.1186/1476-069X-9-23

Environmental Health

Table 4 RF measurement mean values for different frequency bands (V/m) according to regression order statistics method (Besançon and Lyon, France, 2005-2006, 377 participants) (reprinted from [21]).

From: Conduct of a personal radiofrequency electromagnetic field measurement study: proposed study protocol

	n° of measurements	FM	Tetrapol	TV 4&5	GSM Tx	GSM Rx	DCS Tx	DCS Rx	DECT	UMTS Tx	UMTS Rx	WiFi	Total field
Total	2,493,211	0.044	0.005	0.016	0.013	0.018	0.012	0.015	0.037	0.036	0.037	0.038	0.201
Area
Besançon	1,221,716	0.052	0.001	0.016	0.011	0.014	0.006	0.011	0.032	0.045	0.050	0.052	0.201
Lyon	1,271,495	0.036	0.008	0.016	0.016	0.022	0.018	0.020	0.041	0.020	0.034	0.020	0.202
Place of residence
urban	625,140	0.071	0.002	0.019	0.010	0.028	0.017	0.025	0.038	0.044	0.031	0.046	0.231
periurban	1,272,213	0.039	0.008	0.015	0.014	0.016	0.011	0.014	0.038	0.038	0.040	0.037	0.201
rural	595,858	0.013	0.005	0.012	0.015	0.009	0.010	0.006	0.034	0.019	0.050	0.042	0.156
Time period
day	1,657,991	0.044	0.004	0.014	0.017	0.018	0.013	0.017	0.037	0.030	0.036	0.036	0.204
night	835,220	0.045	0.040	0.026	0.006	0.018	0.010	0.012	0.037	0.050	0.043	0.040	0.197
Age category
youths	727,878	0.039	0.001	0.015	0.017	0.019	0.014	0.014	0.035	0.040	0.033	0.028	0.188
adults	1,765,333	0.047	0.007	0.016	0.012	0.018	0.011	0.016	0.038	0.037	0.039	0.042	0.206
Microenvironment
home	1,577,162	0.045	0.008	0.022	0.010	0.017	0.010	0.012	0.041	0.044	0.044	0.037	0.200
workplace	543,868	0.047	0.005	0.014	0.014	0.017	0.014	0.021	0.030	0.025	0.040	0.043	0.205
transportation	187,699	0.044	0.005	0.012	0.030	0.027	0.024	0.024	0.025	0.027	0.033	0.040	0.215
walk	37,706	0.062	0.007	0.012	0.020	0.035	0.022	0.035	0.032	0.030	0.028	0.042	0.233
bicycle, motorcycle	8,310	0.044	0.023	0.019	0.023	0.035	0.027	0.029	0.026	0.070	0.029	0.040	0.227
car	120,378	0.037	0.005	0.012	0.031	0.026	0.022	0.022	0.024	0.025	0.038	0.039	0.204
bus, tramway	14,390	0.055	0.002	0.017	0.034	0.028	0.040	0.024	0.020	0.004	0.027	0.042	0.238
train,underground	6,915	0.050	0.001	0.011	0.071	0.017	0.034	0.019	0.030	0.084	0.043	0.053	0.257
others	184,482	0.036	0.007	0.008	0.021	0.025	0.018	0.016	0.028	0.012	0.024	0.033	0.192

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