Electromagnetic field monitoring and control systems: state-of-the-art and work-in-progress.

Radiation protection dosimetry · 2001 · Unclear · Insufficient evidence

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The paper provides an overview of technical possibilities and applications of environmental EMF monitoring and control systems, describing currently available and under-development equipment and ongoing work. It argues that national-level agreement on unified…

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PublicationRadiation protection dosimetry · 2001

Study typeengineering

Reported directionUnclear

Evidence ratingInsufficient

Abstract

The development of EMF monitoring and control systems unquestionably represents one of the major innovations in the range of methodologies for evaluating, through measurement, the so-called environmental electromagnetic pollution. The interest recently shown by ARPA and municipal and provincial councils for setting up electromagnetic field monitoring and control systems has created significant developments in the field under examination. This paper attempts to provide a complete overview of the technical possibilities provided by electromagnetic field monitoring and control systems in the environment and their possible applications. Equipment currently available and under development is described, as well as the most significant work-in-progress in this sector. In the near future, several monitoring systems will be proposed and set up by municipalities and provinces, or directly by telecommunications companies. For this reason, it is more than ever necessary that agreement be reached at a national level to define a unified methodological and operating approach to enable monitoring data from different sources to be compared.

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Study typeengineering

Effect directionunclear

PopulationNot supplied

Sample sizeNot supplied

ExposureNot supplied

Evidence strengthInsufficientConfidence: 74% · Peer reviewed: yes

Main findings

Outcomes measured

Technical overview of EMF monitoring and control systems for environmental measurements
Description of available and under-development monitoring equipment
Discussion of methodological/operational approaches for comparable monitoring data

Limitations

No health outcomes or biological effects are reported in the abstract
No specific frequency bands, exposure metrics, or quantitative results are provided in the abstract

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Identifiers and source

DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006696
PubMed: 11878427

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