Symposium in Pasadena on electromagnetic fields and health

Martin Röösli organized a symposium on «personal measurements of radio frequency electromagnetic field exposure and the implications for experimental and epidemiological studies» within the ISEE-ISEA 2008 Joint Annual Meeting held in Pasadena, California USA from October 12-16, 2008.

The aim of the symposia was to discuss and compare methods, experiences and results from several ongoing studies investigating RF-EMF exposure of the general population by means of personal exposure meters. Study results from Germany, Holland, France and Switzerland were presented.

Program:

• Challenges of Personal RF-EMF Exposure Measurements (pdf, 409 KB)

  Röösli M
  Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.

• Mobile Telecommunication Exposure and Well-Being in Children and Adolescents (pdf, 288 KB)

  Heinrich S,¹ Kühnlein A,¹ Thomas S,¹ von Kries R,² Radon K^{1
  1}Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany; and ²Institute for Social Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Munich, Germany.

• Assessment of the Radio Frequency Exposure in the General Population: Results of a French Pilot Study (pdf, 318 KB)

  Viel J,¹ Hours M,² Cardis E^{3
  1}Faculty of Medicine, Besancon, France; ²UMRESTTE INRETS, Lyon, France; and ³International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France.

• Personal Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Field Exposure in a Swiss Population Sample (pdf, 900 KB)

  Frei P,¹ Mohler E,¹ Braun-Fahrländer C,² Bürgi A,³ Egger M,¹ Fröhlich J,⁴ Joos N,⁵ Neubauer G,⁶ Theis G,⁷ Röösli M^{1
  1}Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; ²Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; ³ARIAS umwelt.forschung.beratung, Bern, Switzerland; ⁴ Laboratory for Electromagnetic Fields and Microwave Electronics (IFH), Zürich, Switzerland; ⁵Amt für Umweltschutz Uri, Altdorf, Switzerland; ⁶Smart System Division, Austrian Research Centers ARC, Seibersdorf, Austria; and ⁷Lufthygieneamt beider Basel, Liestal, Switzerland.

• The Dutch Exposimeter Study: Developing an Activity Exposure Matrix (pdf, 859 KB)

  Bolte JFB,¹ Pruppers MJM,¹ Kamer J,² Van der Zande G,² Schipper CMA,¹ Fleurke SR,² Kluwer T,² Van Kamp I,¹ Kromhout J^{3
  1}National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, Netherlands;²Radio Communications Agency (AT-EZ), Groningen, Netherlands; and ³Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.