Med. Pr. 2008;59(1):79-86 |
EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES - POSSIBILITIES AND LIMITATIONS IN ASSESSING BIOEFFECTS AND HEALTH RISK OF ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS |
BADANIA DOŚWIADCZALNE - MOŻLIWOŚCI I OGRANICZENIA W POZNANIU EFEKTÓW BIOLOGICZNYCH I RYZYKA ZDROWOTNEGO PÓL ELEKTROMAGNETYCZNYCH |
Elżbieta Sobiczewska, Stanisław Szmigielski, Jaromir Sobiech |
Abstract
An issue of experimental studies is reviewed in view of their
possibilities and limitations in assessing bioeffects and health risk
of electromagnetic fields (EMFs). Investigations of bioeffets and their
consequences are being performed at different levels of biological
organization. Experimental studies involving cellular structures and
animals lead mostly to the assessment of mechanisms of EMFs interaction
and to the observation of possible bioeffects. To assess health risk of
exposure to EMFs it is necessary to perform strudies involving human
subjects (volunteers) or epidemiological studies targeted at specific
human populations. The biological material applied in experiments
appears to be a specific measure of the effect exerted by EMFs on the
body, but as every measure, it has its own advantages and disadvantages
and the obtained results may be burden with some errors, which should
be analyzed during the interpretation of experimental study results.
Med Pr 2008;59(1):79-86
Key words
electromagnetic field, SAR measurements, methodology of experiments