Assessment of the possible health effects of Ground Wave Emergency Network / / Committee on Assessment of the Possible Health Effects of Ground Wave Emergency Network, Board on Radiation Effects Research, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910826792903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1993
• ISBN: 1-280-19627-0; 9786610196272; 0-309-59531-2; 0-585-08483-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (182 p.)
• Disciplina: 612/.01442
• Soggetti: Ground Wave Emergency Network - Health aspects; Electromagnetic ground waves - Health aspects
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "B-616"--T.p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Assessment of the Possible Health Effects of Ground Wave Emergency Network -- Copyright -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- ASSESSMENT OF THE POSSIBLE HEALTH EFFECTS OF GROUND WAVE EMERGENCY NETWORK -- Executive Summary -- INTRODUCTION -- DESCRIPTION OF GWEN SYSTEM -- BIOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS -- FIELD INTERACTIONS -- ORGAN AND TISSUE SYSTEMS -- CELLULAR AND SUBCELLULAR EFFECTS -- HUMAN EVIDENCE -- THERMAL EFFECTS -- RISK ASSESSMENT -- EXPOSURE REDUCTION -- CONCLUSIONS -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Description of GWEN System -- 3 Coupling of GWEN Electromagnetic Fields to the Human Body -- ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS FOR GWEN SITES -- Low-Frequency (LF) Transmitter -- ULTRA-HIGH-FREQUENCY (UHF) TRANSMITTER -- INDUCED FIELDS AND CURRENTS IN THE HUMAN BODY -- INDUCED CURRENTS AND E FIELDS AT 174.625 KHZ -- SARS FOR UHF ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS -- MICROSCOPIC FIELD INTERACTIONS AT THE MOLECULAR, CELLULAR, AND TISSUE LEVELS -- INDIRECT COUPLING-SHOCK AND BURNS -- APPENDIX A: ANATOMICALLY BASED MODEL AND NUMERICAL ; PROCEDURE USED FOR CALCULATIONS -- Anatomically Based Model -- Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method -- REFERENCES -- 4 Perception and Behavioral Effects of Electromagnetic Fields -- REFERENCES -- 5 Effects of Electromagnetic Fields on Development -- REFERENCES -- 6 Effects of Electromagnetic Fields on Organs and Tissues -- INTRODUCTION -- NERVOUS SYSTEM -- VISUAL SYSTEM -- ENDOCRINE SYSTEM -- IMMUNE SYSTEM -- HEMATOLOGIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS -- ANIMAL CARCINOGENESIS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 7 In Vitro Cellular and Subcellular End Points -- BONE HEALING -- MUTAGENIC EFFECTS -- CYTOGENETIC EFFECTS -- CELL TRANSFORMATION -- EFFECTS ON TRANSCRIPTION -- TUMOR PROMOTION -- Calcium Homeostasis -- Ornithine decarboxylase -- Protein Kinase C -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES.; 8 Human Laboratory and Clinical Evidence of Effects of Electromagnetic Fields -- CUTANEOUS PERCEPTION -- PHOSPHENES -- PACEMAKER INTERFERENCE -- MICROWAVE AUDITORY EFFECT -- CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS -- BRAIN-EVOKED POTENTIALS -- HEART RATE -- REACTION TIME -- MOOD AND COGNITIVE FUNCTION -- BLOOD COMPOSITION -- BONE REPAIR AND GROWTH STIMULATION -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 9 Epidemiological Research Relevant to Identification of Health Hazards Associated with GWEN Fields -- STUDIES OF GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE -- OCCUPATIONAL STUDIES -- EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES OF HEALTH EFFECTS OF MICROWAVE EXPOSURE -- RADIO BROADCAST STATIONS -- AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 10 Standards and Guidelines for Exposure to Radiofrequency and Extremely-Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Fields -- REFERENCES -- 11 Risk Analysis and Management -- RISK ASSESSMENT -- GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF GWEN FIELDS -- COUPLING OF ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS TO HUMAN BODY -- SHIELDING BY BUILDINGS -- POPULATION DISTRIBUTION AROUND GWEN SITES -- LF AND UHF EXPOSURES OF POPULATION AROUND SITES -- EXPOSURE COMPARISONS WITH EXISTING STANDARDS -- EXPOSURE COMPARISONS WITH OTHER SOURCES -- BOUNDING GWEN RISKS -- HISTORICAL GROWTH IN BROADCAST ACTIVITY -- PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AROUND BROADCAST FACILITIES -- MEADOWLANDS SPORTS COMPLEX -- BOUNDS ON EXCESS POPULATION RISK FROM GWEN FIELDS -- LIMITATIONS OF GWEN RISK ASSESSMENT -- RISK PERCEPTION -- EXPOSURE REDUCTION -- RESEARCH NEEDS -- REFERENCES.