TY - JOUR
T1 - Continuous electromagnetic radiation monitoring in the environment
T2 - Analysis of the results in Greece
AU - Manassas, Athanasios
AU - Boursianis, Achilles
AU - Samaras, Theodoros
AU - Sahalos, John N.
PY - 2012/9
Y1 - 2012/9
N2 - Non-ionising radiation-monitoring networks were initiated as a result of the public concerns about the potential health effects from telecommunication emissions. In the present study, the data acquired from such networks in Greece are used to assess the changes in the outdoor electromagnetic environment with respect to location and time. The study shows that there is a statistically significant difference between the urban (median electric field: 1.1 V m. -1) and the rural (median electric field: 0.3 V m. -1) installations of monitoring units and also shows that there is a median diurnal variation (daily maximum to minimum) of 20.2 and 33.8 % for the broadcasting and mobile telecommunication emissions, respectively. Moreover, there is a difference in the electric field between daytime and night, but not between morning and afternoon. The results are in line with previously published data from spot measurements, monitoring networks and personal exposimeter studies performed in several European countries.
AB - Non-ionising radiation-monitoring networks were initiated as a result of the public concerns about the potential health effects from telecommunication emissions. In the present study, the data acquired from such networks in Greece are used to assess the changes in the outdoor electromagnetic environment with respect to location and time. The study shows that there is a statistically significant difference between the urban (median electric field: 1.1 V m. -1) and the rural (median electric field: 0.3 V m. -1) installations of monitoring units and also shows that there is a median diurnal variation (daily maximum to minimum) of 20.2 and 33.8 % for the broadcasting and mobile telecommunication emissions, respectively. Moreover, there is a difference in the electric field between daytime and night, but not between morning and afternoon. The results are in line with previously published data from spot measurements, monitoring networks and personal exposimeter studies performed in several European countries.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84866440823&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1093/rpd/ncs028
DO - 10.1093/rpd/ncs028
M3 - Article
C2 - 22434927
AN - SCOPUS:84866440823
SN - 0144-8420
VL - 151
SP - 437
EP - 442
JO - Radiation Protection Dosimetry
JF - Radiation Protection Dosimetry
IS - 3
M1 - ncs028
ER -