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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.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ground Wave Emergency Network--Health aspects.
- Ground Wave Emergency Network.
- Electromagnetic ground waves--Health aspects.
- Electromagnetic ground waves.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (182 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1993.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Written at the request of the U.S. Air Force and Congress, this book evaluates the potential health effects associated with deployment of the Ground Wave Emergency Network (GWEN), a communications system to be used in case of a high-altitude detonation of a nuclear device. The committee, composed of experts in biophysics, physics, risk assessment, epidemiology, and cancer, examines data from laboratory and epidemiologic studies of effects from electromagnetic fields to determine the likelihood of health effects being caused by the operation of a fully implemented GWEN system.
- Contents:
- 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
- 5 Effects of Electromagnetic Fields on Development
- 6 Effects of Electromagnetic Fields on Organs and Tissues
- NERVOUS SYSTEM
- VISUAL SYSTEM
- ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
- IMMUNE SYSTEM
- HEMATOLOGIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS
- ANIMAL CARCINOGENESIS
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 10 Standards and Guidelines for Exposure to Radiofrequency and Extremely-Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Fields
- 11 Risk Analysis and Management
- 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
- RESEARCH NEEDS
- Notes:
- "B-616"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9786610196272
- 9781280196270
- 1280196270
- 9780309595315
- 0309595312
- 9780585084831
- 0585084831
- OCLC:
- 614577450
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