About Qualifex

 

The Qualifex research project will measure and model the exposure of a general population sample to different sources of radio frequency electromagnetic fields (RF EMF). It addresses the question of whether EMF exposure under real life conditions can cause symptoms or impair health-related quality of life.

 

This research project is part of the National Research Programme NRP 57 (Non-Ionising Radiation - Health and Environment) and is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF). Project manager is Prof. Dr. Martin Röösli from the Institute of Social and preventive medicine (ISPM) in Basel (formerly at ISPM Bern until January 2009).

 

In the first year of the study 166 residents from the region of Basel were recruited to participate in the Exposimeter study which aims at measuring common exposure to RF EMF. In the Main study (years 2 and 3), approximately 1500 persons (also inhabitants of the region of Basel) are invited to take part in a written questionnaire study about the exposure to RF EMF and health status. Around 120 of the participants of the Main Study are asked to participate in the Sleep study which examines the relationship of RF EMF exposure and sleep quality.