Review Article

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Songkla Med J Vol. 29 No. 4 Jul-Aug 2011

Effects of Mobile Phone Radiation on Human Health.

Jutiporn Sudsiri
Faculty of Sciences and Industrial Technology, Prince of Songkla University,
Suratthani Campus, Suratthani, 84000, Thailand
E-mail: jutipornc@gmail.com
Songkla Med J 2011;29(4):183-193

(mobile phone)

(electromagnetic wave; EMW)

(mobile phone base station) EMW

300 (headaches) (nausea)
(memory fading) (worse quality of sleeping) EMW
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Abstract:

The mobile phone has become a part of human life. Use of mobile phones continues to increase
because development of the technology leads them to be used for new purposes. In Thailand, the
effect of electromagnetic wave (EMW) emissions from mobile phone base stations on human health
has not been discussed extensively. Even so it is reported that EMW can affect human health if
people are exposed to the high field strengths or even low field strengths if they are persistent over
extended periods of time. Especially, people who live close to the base station are being exposed
to EMW irradiation continuously that cannot do anything to avoid. The radiation is different from
an individual uses their mobile phone which can be controlled by personal choice. It is reported
that people living less than 300 meters from a mobile phone base station have an increased risk of
headache, nausea, memory fading and poor-quality sleep. However, the effect of EMW frequencies
used by mobile phones on human health is still unclear but recent research reports can be taken as
evidence of a significant risk. Therefore, more information on EMW, which may affect human health,
is needed to reveal potential risks, which should be acted upon, based upon the precautionary principle.
Key words: human health, mobile phone base station, mobile phone radiation

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rate; SAR)

(W/kg) . SAR
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from base stations)

EMW
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(radio frequency; RF)
(World Health Organization;
WHO)3

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Levitt Lai2
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(loss appetites) (headaches)
(sleep disruption) (irritability)
(depression) (memory loss)
(visual disruption)
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(Thermal effect)

RF

(antenna) RF (absorbed)

(kinetic energy)

(cytoplasm)
(ions)


18


SAR
SAR 1.6 12


0.1

EMW 0.1

19

188

ICNIRP

ICNIRP

(Biological effect)

(membrane)

20
(non-thermal
effect)
(tinnitus)
(faint) (fatigue)
(discomfort of scalp) (lose hair)
(faintness of eyesight)
(memory fading)
(audition fading) (worse quality of
sleeping)
(subjective symptom)

21-23

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60 30 24
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(immune system) (endocrine
system) (blood
circulation system)

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assume)

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