MEASUREMENT OF EMF EXPOSURE AROUND SMALL CELL BASE STATION SITES.

PAPER pubmed Radiation protection dosimetry 2019 Exposure assessment Effect: unclear Evidence: Insufficient

Read original paper → DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncy201 PMID: 30541117 Evidence Lab

Abstract

As mobile network technologies and usage change, mobile network cells have become smaller to meet the increased demand for data throughput. Small cell base stations are frequently used as a mobile network deployment method and are predominantly installed to service areas with a high density of people and to cover a small geographical area. Various measurement programs of the electromagnetic field (EMF) exposure have been conducted around base stations in general and these results have been published. There is, however, little data available on the EMF exposure levels around small cells. A measurement program was conducted to perform EMF exposure measurements around small cell base station sites. Results are compared to the relevant safety guidelines and to available data for EMF exposure around base stations in general.

AI evidence extraction

At a glance

Study type

Exposure assessment

Effect direction

unclear

Population

—

Sample size

—

Exposure

small cell base station

Evidence strength

Insufficient

Confidence: 62% · Peer-reviewed: yes

Main findings

A measurement program was conducted to measure EMF exposure around small cell base station sites, with results compared to relevant safety guidelines and to available data for base stations in general.

Outcomes measured

EMF exposure levels around small cell base station sites
Comparison of measured exposure levels to relevant safety guidelines
Comparison of small cell exposure levels to available data for base stations in general

Limitations

Abstract does not report numerical results or whether guideline limits were exceeded
Frequency bands, measurement methods, and number of sites/measurements are not described in the abstract

Suggested hubs

who-icnirp (0.55)
Mentions comparison of measured exposure levels to relevant safety guidelines (likely ICNIRP/WHO-referenced).

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