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Electromagnetic Fields > ... > ... > Low frequency fields and leukemia and malignant lymphoma
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Review of the literature regarding the question of a possible link between ELF magnetic fields and an increased incidence of leukemia and malignant lymphomas
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The issue is currently examined at the Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine (ITEM) in Hannover within the scope of a research project commissioned by the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS). The project "Effects of low frequency fields on the developing hematopoietic system, the immune system and the CNS in vivo" shall clarify whether pre- and postnatal exposure of laboratory animals (mice) to low frequency magnetic fields (50 Hertz (Hz)) has an impact on the developing hematopoietic system, the immune system and the CNS with the main focus on neoplasias of the hematopoietic system.
Literature study
At the beginning of the project a literature study has been performed which compiles and evaluates the scientific literature on the impact of ELF exposure mainly on the hematopoietic system and the CNS in animals and man.
You can download the literature review (in German, foreword and summary in English) at the BfS online repository ("DORIS").
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