title: [Polish guidelines of 2001 for maximum admissible intensities in high frequency EMF versus European Union recommendations].
abstract: In 1999, a draft of amendments to maximum admissible intensities (MAI) of electromagnetic fields (0 Hz-300 GHz) was prepared by Professor H. Korniewicz of the Central Institute for Labour Protection, Warsaw, in cooperation with the Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Łódź (radio- and microwaves) and the Military Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Warsaw (pulse radiation). Before 2000, the development of the national MAI guidelines for the frequency range of 0.1 MHz-300 GHz was based on the knowledge of biological and health effects of EMF exposure available on the turn of the 1960s. A current basis for establishing the MAI international standards is a well-documented thermal effect measured by the value of a specific absorption rate (SAR), whereas the effects of resonant absorption imposes the nature of the functional dependency on EMF frequency. The Russian standards, already thoroughly analyzed, still take so-called non-thermal effects and the conception of energetic load for a work-shift with its progressive averaging (see hazardous zone in Polish guidelines) as a basis for setting maximum admissible intensities. The World Health Organization recommends a harmonization of the EMF protection guidelines, existing in different countries, with the guidelines of the International Commission for Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP), and its position is supported by the European Union.
authors.affiliation: Zakładu Zagrozeń Fizycznych Instytutu Medycyny, łodzi. h_aniol@imp.lodz.pl
authors.forename: Halina
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aniołczyk
mesh_terms: D004574:Electromagnetic Fields / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards*; D004782:Environmental Health / Q000592:standards*; D005062:European Union; D017408:Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D008452:Maximum Allowable Concentration; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000592:standards; D016272:Occupational Health; D009787:Occupational Medicine / Q000592:standards*; D011044:Poland; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D013997:Time Factors; D014944:World Health Organization