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Cytogenetic and Carcinogenic Effects of Exposure to Radiofrequency Radiation

Radiofrequency radiation (RFR) is a portion of the electromagnetic spectrum with frequencies of 3 kHz–300 GHz. RFR is produced by many man-made sources, including mobile phones and base stations, television and radio broadcasting facilities, radar, medical equipment, microwave ovens, radiofrequency...

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Autores principales: Mcnamee, James P., Bellier, Pascale V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7122069/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71414-9_28
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description Radiofrequency radiation (RFR) is a portion of the electromagnetic spectrum with frequencies of 3 kHz–300 GHz. RFR is produced by many man-made sources, including mobile phones and base stations, television and radio broadcasting facilities, radar, medical equipment, microwave ovens, radiofrequency heaters as well as a diverse variety of other electronic devices within our living and working environments. Owing to ongoing public concern and the increasing prevalence of RFR-emitting devices, a great deal of research has been conducted over the past 50 years to evaluate the biological and/or health effects of thermalizing and non-thermalizing RFR exposures. In the absence of decisive epidemiological evidence to support or refute an association between RFR exposure and cancer risk, laboratory studies of possible mechanisms of carcinogenesis by RFR are important. The scientific literature on this subject is full of conflicting results and the question of whether RFR exposure can contribute to cancer risk remains unresolved. This chapter contains a literature review of the evidence for RFR-induced cytogenetic effects, but also a critique of the literature, highlighting deficiencies in the design of some studies that should be taken into account when assessing the health risk of RFR.
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spelling pubmed-71220692020-04-06 Cytogenetic and Carcinogenic Effects of Exposure to Radiofrequency Radiation Mcnamee, James P. Bellier, Pascale V. Chromosomal Alterations Article Radiofrequency radiation (RFR) is a portion of the electromagnetic spectrum with frequencies of 3 kHz–300 GHz. RFR is produced by many man-made sources, including mobile phones and base stations, television and radio broadcasting facilities, radar, medical equipment, microwave ovens, radiofrequency heaters as well as a diverse variety of other electronic devices within our living and working environments. Owing to ongoing public concern and the increasing prevalence of RFR-emitting devices, a great deal of research has been conducted over the past 50 years to evaluate the biological and/or health effects of thermalizing and non-thermalizing RFR exposures. In the absence of decisive epidemiological evidence to support or refute an association between RFR exposure and cancer risk, laboratory studies of possible mechanisms of carcinogenesis by RFR are important. The scientific literature on this subject is full of conflicting results and the question of whether RFR exposure can contribute to cancer risk remains unresolved. This chapter contains a literature review of the evidence for RFR-induced cytogenetic effects, but also a critique of the literature, highlighting deficiencies in the design of some studies that should be taken into account when assessing the health risk of RFR. 2007 /pmc/articles/PMC7122069/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71414-9_28 Text en © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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