Electromagnetic hypersensitivity close to mobile phone base stations - a case study in Stockholm, Sweden.

IF 3 4区 医学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Reviews on Environmental Health Pub Date : 2023-06-27 DOI:10.1515/reveh-2021-0169
Lennart Hardell, Tarmo Koppel
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A previously healthy worker developed symptoms assigned to electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS) after moving to an office with exposure to high levels of anthropogenic electromagnetic fields (EMFs). These symptoms consisted of e.g. headache, arthralgia, tinnitus, dizziness, memory loss, fatique, insomnia, transitory cardiovascular abnormalities, and skin lesions. Most of the symptoms were alleviated after 2 weeks sick leave. The highest radiofrequency (RF) field level at the working place was 1.72 V/m (7,852 μW/m2). Maximum value for extremely low frequency electromagnetic field (ELF-EMF) from electric power at 50 Hz was measured to 285 nT (mean 241 nT). For electric train ELF-EMF at 16.7 Hz was measured to 383 nT (mean 76 nT). Exposure to EMFs at the working place could be the cause for developing EHS related symptoms. The association was strengthened by the symptom reduction outside the working place.

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靠近移动电话基站的电磁超敏反应——瑞典斯德哥尔摩的一个案例研究。
一名以前健康的工作人员在搬到暴露于高水平人为电磁场的办公室后出现了电磁超敏症症状。这些症状包括头痛、关节痛、耳鸣、头晕、记忆力减退、疲劳、失眠、短暂性心血管异常和皮肤损伤。病休2周后大部分症状缓解。工作场所最高射频场电平为1.72 V/m (7852 μW/m2)。测得50 Hz电功率产生的极低频电磁场(ELF-EMF)最大值为285 nT(平均241 nT)。对于电动列车,16.7 Hz的极低频电动势测量为383 nT(平均76 nT)。在工作场所暴露于电磁场可能是产生EHS相关症状的原因。在工作场所之外症状的减轻加强了这种联系。
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Reviews on Environmental Health
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期刊介绍: Reviews on Environmental Health (REVEH) is an international peer-reviewed journal that aims to fill the need for publication of review articles on hot topics in the field of environmental health. Reviews on Environmental Health aims to be an inspiring forum for scientists, environmentalists, physicians, engineers, and students who are concerned with aspects of human health, including quality of life, that are determined by physiological and psychosociological interactions between man and physical, chemical, biological, and social factors in the environment. Reviews on Environmental Health is an important niche served by no other journal, that’s being a site where thoughtful reviews can be published on a variety of subjects related to both health and environment. One challenge is to bridge the research on environmental causes of disease with the clinical practice of medicine. Reviews on Environmental Health is a source of integrated information on environment and health subjects that will be of value to the broad scientific community, whether students, junior and senior professionals, or clinicians.
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