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CONTENTS
[29 June 1994]




1 INTRODUCTION


1.1 GENERAL
1.2 RFR SAFETY STANDARDS
1.3 MEASUREMENTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL LEVELS OF RFR IN SELECTED U.S. CITIES AND AT SPECIAL LOCATIONS


2 EPIDEMIOLOGIC/OCCUPATIONAL STUDIES


2.1 INTRODUCTION
2.2 RFR AND GENERAL HEALTH
2.2.1 SUMMARY ON RFR AND GENERAL HEALTH
2.2.2 CONCLUSION
2.3 RFR AND CONGENITAL ANOMALIES
2.3.1 SUMMARY ON RFR AND CONGENITAL ANOMALIES
2.3.2 CONCLUSION
2.4 RFR AND OCULAR CHANGES
2.4.1 SUMMARY ON RFR AND OCULAR CHANGES
2.4.2 CONCLUSION

2.5 RFR AND CANCER INCIDENCE
2.5.1 SUMMARY ON RFR AND CANCER INCIDENCE
2.5.2 CONCLUSION

2.6 RFR-EXPOSURE FROM VIDEO DISPLAY TERMINALS
2.6.1 SUMMARY ON RFR-EXPOSURE FROM VIDEO DISPLAY TERMINALS
2.6.2 CONCLUSION


3 STUDIES OF HUMAN VOLUNTEERS--OTHER RFR EFFECTS


3.1 THE RFR-AUDITORY EFFECT
3.1.1 SUMMARY ON THE RFR-AUDITORY EFFECT
3.1.2 CONCLUSIONS

3.2 CUTANEOUS PERCEPTION
3.2.1 SUMMARY ON CUTANEOUS PERCEPTION OF RFR
3.2.2 CONCLUSION

3.3 RFR SHOCK AND BURN
3.3.1 SUMMARY ON RFR SHOCK AND BURN
3.3.2 CONCLUSION


4 OVERALL SUMMARY


5 OVERALL CONCLUSION


6 REFERENCES





TABLES




1 ANSI/IEEE (1992) MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE LIMITS FOR CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS

2 ANSI/IEEE (1992) MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE LIMITS FOR UNCONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS

3 ANSI/IEEE (1992) LIMITS ON INDUCED AND CONTACT CURRENTS IN CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS

4 ANSI/IEEE (1992) LIMITS ON INDUCED AND CONTACT CURRENTS IN UNCONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS

5 ESTIMATED POPULATION EXPOSURES FOR 15 U.S. CITIES

6 SMOKING HABITS & GENERAL HEALTH OF PLASTIC WELDERS

7 RFR AND GENERAL HEALTH

8 UNCONDITIONAL ODDS RATIOS FOR AN ASSOCIATION OF MISCARRIAGE RISK AND REPORTED EXPOSURE TO MICROWAVE DIATHERMY

9 RFR AND CONGENITAL ANOMALIES

10 RESULTS OF APPLETON AND McCROSSAN (1972)

11 RESULTS OF APPLETON ET AL. (1975b)

12 RESULTS OF SHACKLETT ET AL. (1975)

13 PERCENTAGES OF OPACITIES

14 RFR AND OCULAR CHANGES

15 LESTER AND MOORE (1982a) CATEGORIES OF CANCER MORTALITY

16 RECLASSIFIED LESTER AND MOORE (1982a) CANCER MORTALITY DATA

17 REVISION OF TABLE 15

18 REVISION OF TABLE 16

19 MORTALITY IN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS BY FCC LICENSE CLASS

20 ODDS RATIOS FOR LEUKEMIA IN SPECIFIC OCCUPATIONS

21 CHROMOSOMAL DAMAGE IN RADIOLINEMEN AND CONTROLS

22 ODDS RATIOS FOR TESTICULAR CANCER BY SELF-REPORTED EXPOSURE

23 ODDS RATIOS FOR TESTICULAR CANCER AMONG MILITARY PATIENTS BASED ON ASSESSMENT FROM JOB TITLE AND SELF-REPORTED EXPOSURE TO MICROWAVES AND OTHER RADIOWAVES

24 RFR AND CANCER INCIDENCE

25 RATIOS OF OBSERVED (O) AND EXPECTED (E) NUMBERS OF SPONTANEOUS ABORTIONS IN CURRENT PREGNANCIES

26 OBSERVED (O) AND EXPECTED (E) PREGNANCY OUTCOMES FOR LOW, MEDIUM, AND HIGH EXPOSURE GROUPS FROM OCCUPATIONAL USAGE OF VIDEO DISPLAY UNITS FOR THE PERIODS 1976-1977 AND 1980-1981

27 CASE-CONTROL ANALYSIS OF EFFECT OF VIDEO SCREEN USAGE ON PREGNANCY OUTCOMES FOR THE PERIOD 1980-1981

28 ADJUSTED ODDS RATIOS FOR MISCARRIAGES AND BIRTH DEFECTS AMONG WORKING WOMEN FROM REPORTED VDT USE DURING FIRST TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY

29 VLF AND ELF EMISSIONS FROM VDT AND NON-VDT UNITS

30 RFR FROM VIDEO DISPLAY TERMINALS AND PREGNANCY OUTCOMES

31 RFR-AUDITORY EFFECT IN HUMANS

32 CUTANEOUS PERCEPTION OF RFR

33 RFR SHOCK AND BURN




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