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Extremely Low Frequency Fields
Environmental Health Criteria Monograph No.238


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:: Contents [pdf 59kb]

:: Preamble [pdf 327kb]

:: Chapter 1: Summary and recommendations for further study [pdf 442kb]

:: Chapter 2: Sources, measurements and exposures [pdf 479kb]

:: Chapter 3: Electric and magnetic fields inside the body [pdf 1.31Mb]

:: Chapter 4: Biophysical mechanisms [pdf 352kb]

:: Chapter 5: Neurobehaviour [pdf 403kb]

:: Chapter 6: Neuroendocrine system - revised Oct 2007 [pdf 142kb]

:: Chapter 7: Neurodegenerative disorders [pdf 303kb]

:: Chapter 8: Cardiovascular disorders [pdf 290kb]

:: Chapter 9: Immune system and haematology [pdf 344kb]

:: Chapter 10: Reproduction and development [pdf 277kb]

:: Chapter 11: Cancer [pdf 691kb]

:: Chapter 12: Health risk assessment [pdf 244kb]

:: Chapter 13: Protective measures [pdf 122kb]

:: Appendix: Quantitative risk assessment for childhood leukaemia [pdf 971kb]

:: References [pdf 285kb]

:: Glossary [pdf 263kb]


Other languages

Below are links to downloadable versions of Chapter 1 in Chinese, French, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish.

RESUME ET RECOMMANDATIONS RELATIVES AUX ETUDES A MENER [pdf 123kb]
[with thanks to Dr Bernard Veyret]

CHAPTER 1 - JAPANESE VERSION [pdf 1.66Mb]
[with thanks to Dr Chiyoji Ohkubo]

РЕЗЮМЕ И РЕКОМЕНДАЦИИ ДЛџ ДАЛЬНЕЙШИХ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЙ [pdf 198kb]
[with thanks to Dr Nina Rubtsova]

RESUMEN Y RECOMENDACIONES PARA ESTUDIOS POSTERIORES [pdf 115kb]
[with thanks to Ing. Victor Cruz Ornetta]

WHO "国际电磁场计划" 的评估结论与建议 [pdf 1.9MB]
(includes Fact Sheet N°322)
[with thanks to the China Electronic Power Press]

An Italian translation of chapters 1, 12 & 13 is available below:

Traduzione italiana di capitoli selezionati dal volume [pdf 330kb]
[with thanks to Dr Paola Vecchia]


Related links

- Extremely low frequency fields fact sheet N°322

- Research Agenda [pdf 97kb]

Last update: 4 September 2008