Effects upon health of occupational exposure to microwave radiation (radar)

Robinette, C D; Silverman, C; Jablon, S

Title: Effects upon health of occupational exposure to microwave radiation (radar)

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The effects of occupational experience with microwave radiation (radar) on the health of US enlisted Naval personnel were studied in cohorts of approximately 20,000 men with maximum opportunity for exposure (electronic equipment repair) and 20,000 with minimum potential for exposure (equipment operation) who served during the Korean War period. Potential exposure was assessed in terms of occupational duties, length of time in occupation and power of equipment at the time of exposure. Actual exposure to members of each cohort could not be established. Mortality by cause of death, hospitalization during military service, later hospitalization in Veterans Administration (VA) facilities, and VA disability compensation were the health indexes studied, largely through the use of automated record systems. No adverse effects were detected in these indexes that could be attributed to potential microwave radiation exposures during the period 1950-1954. Functional and behavioral changes and ill-defined conditions, such as have been reported as microwave effects, could not be investigated in this study but subgroups of the living study population can be identified for expanded follow-up.

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Robinette, C D ^[1]; Silverman, C; Jablon, S

National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council, Washington, DC

Publication Date:: Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980

OSTI Identifier:: 5192985

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Am. J. Epidemiol.; (United States)

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 112:1

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; 99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; HEALTH HAZARDS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; RADAR; MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE; MEN; MICROWAVE EQUIPMENT; MORTALITY; WORKING CONDITIONS; ANIMALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; HAZARDS; MALES; MAMMALS; MAN; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; PERSONNEL; PRIMATES; RADIATIONS; RANGE FINDERS; VERTEBRATES; 560400* - Other Environmental Pollutant Effects; 552000 - Public Health

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  title        = {Effects upon health of occupational exposure to microwave radiation (radar)},

  author       = {Robinette, C D and Silverman, C and Jablon, S},

  abstractNote = {The effects of occupational experience with microwave radiation (radar) on the health of US enlisted Naval personnel were studied in cohorts of approximately 20,000 men with maximum opportunity for exposure (electronic equipment repair) and 20,000 with minimum potential for exposure (equipment operation) who served during the Korean War period. Potential exposure was assessed in terms of occupational duties, length of time in occupation and power of equipment at the time of exposure. Actual exposure to members of each cohort could not be established. Mortality by cause of death, hospitalization during military service, later hospitalization in Veterans Administration (VA) facilities, and VA disability compensation were the health indexes studied, largely through the use of automated record systems. No adverse effects were detected in these indexes that could be attributed to potential microwave radiation exposures during the period 1950-1954. Functional and behavioral changes and ill-defined conditions, such as have been reported as microwave effects, could not be investigated in this study but subgroups of the living study population can be identified for expanded follow-up.},

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  year         = {Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980},

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