title: [Electrical field exposure and human health. Risk assessment and problems relative to bureaucratic procedures and to the role of instituitional organizations in control and prevention].
abstract: After closely analyzing the phenomenon regarding the immense increase and diffusion of equipment which generates low- and high-frequency electromagnetic fields, the AA emphasize both the methodological and interpretive difficulties of assessing the effects produced on public health. They maintain the need to exercise caution in determining the tolerable limits of exposure, and in particular long-term ones. Finally, after analyzing the bureaucratic procedure which led to the formulation of Decree No. 381 of 1998, they express the hope that the various Regions will set themselves high-quality objectives when promulgating the necessary legislation, so as to minimize the risk factor.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Igienistiche e Sanitarie-Ambientali, Università degli Studi di Camerino.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Grappasonni
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Petrelli
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Pellegrini
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nacciarriti
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bernardini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cocchioni
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D002478:Cells, Cultured / Q000528:radiation effects; D002648:Child; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004581:Electronics; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D006292:Health Priorities; D006801:Humans; D007390:International Agencies; D007558:Italy; D007953:Leukemia, Radiation-Induced / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D008452:Maximum Allowable Concentration; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D008872:Microwaves / Q000009:adverse effects; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000209:etiology; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D011634:Public Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011635:Public Health Administration; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012380:Role; D013689:Telephone