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Time course of health complaints attributed to RF-EMF exposure and predictors of electromagnetic hypersensitivity over 10 years in a prospective cohort of Dutch adults
2023, Science of the Total EnvironmentCitation Excerpt :In particular, IEI-EMF and EHS have been hypothesized to correspond to different levels of involvement in the EMF topic (Röösli et al., 2010). Nevertheless, diagnostic criteria for these conditions are not fully established and research has yet to produce clear evidence on the mechanisms causing people to attribute health complaints to EMF exposure or to define themselves as hypersensitive to EMFs (Baliatsas et al., 2009; Dieudonné, 2019, 2020; Stein and Udasin, 2020), although psychosocial factors are thought to play a role (Augner and Hacker, 2009; Baliatsas et al., 2015; Frick et al., 2002; Martens et al., 2018; Ramirez-Vazquez et al., 2019; Rubin et al., 2010; Watrin et al., 2022). As a consequence, the terms IEI-EMF and EHS are frequently used interchangeably in epidemiological studies, and this is likely to affect the range in estimated prevalence, which in industrialized countries varies between 1.5 % and 21 % (Eltiti et al., 2007; Hillert et al., 2002; Karvala et al., 2018; Levallois et al., 2002; Schreier et al., 2006).
Why electrohypersensitivity and related symptoms are caused by non-ionizing man-made electromagnetic fields: An overview and medical assessment
2022, Environmental ResearchCitation Excerpt :In fact, as emphasized by several scientists (Carpenter, 2015), the strongest evidence that EHS is a real syndrome similar to the microwave syndrome comes from the initial cases reported from 1980 to 2000 of acute high intensity exposure to MW EMF of healthy people, resulting in “prolonged illness” (Williams and Webb, 1980; Forman et al., 1982; Schilling, 1997, 2000; Reeves, 2000). Moreover, since it was shown that MCS is associated with EHS in near 25% of the EHS cases (Belpomme et al., 2015) and that both disorders are associated with inflammation, OS, possible BBB opening and brain neurotransmitter changes (Belpomme et al., 2015; Irigaray et al., 2018a; Belpomme and Irigaray, 2020); it is believed that both EHS and MCS are objective somatic disorders, which cannot be claimed to originate from non-EMF-related psychologic or psychiatric cause, and neither result from a simple undefined and unproven functional impairment (Belpomme and Irigaray 2020, 2021; Belpomme et al., 2021)–although it cannot be excluded these disorders may occur in patients with some particular psychologic traits (Frick et al., 2002). The purpose of provocation studies is to prove that EHS patients display acute symptoms at the time they are exposed (or after they are exposed) to man-made electric, magnetic and electromagnetic sources; whatever they are, i.e. ELF, RF or MW EMFs.
Longitudinal associations between risk appraisal of base stations for mobile phones, radio or television and non-specific symptoms
2018, Journal of Psychosomatic ResearchCitation Excerpt :This could be the result of lower exposure to information among lower educated participants about potential health risks of RF-EMF from base stations due to differences in media consumption as well as social networks. Previous studies [3, 26, 63, 64] often focused on a single aspect of risk appraisal, for example perceived exposure or worry about a risk. In this study we analyzed three different aspects of risk appraisal regarding RF-EMF: perceived personal exposure, perceived risks in general, and concerns about personal health because of RF-EMF from mobile phone base stations.
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