Die Forschungsagenda der WHO ("WHO Research Agenda for Radiofrequency Fields") des Jahres 2010 ist soeben online gegangen. Die folgenden Prioritäten wurden identifiziert und sollen zukünftig bearbeitet werden:

1) Epidemiology

High
Prospective cohort studies of children and adolescents with outcomes including behavioural and neurological disorders and cancer
High
Monitoring of brain tumour incidence trends through well-established populationbased cancer registries, if possible combined with population exposure data

Other
Case-control studies of neurological diseases provided that objective exposure data and confounder data are available and reasonable participation is achieved

2) Human studies

High
Further RF EMF provocation studies on children of different ages
High
Provocation studies to identify neurobiological mechanisms underlying possible effects of RF on brain function, including sleep and resting EEG

3) Animal studies

High
Effects of early-life and prenatal RF exposure on development and behaviour

High
Effects of RF exposure on ageing and neurodegenerative diseases

Other
Effects of RF exposure on reproductive organs

4) Cellular studies

Other
Identify optimal sets of experimental tests to detect cellular response after exposure to new RF technologies and co-exposures of RF EMF with environmental agents

Other
Further studies on the influence of genetic background and cell type: possible effects of mobile phone type RF exposure on a variety of cell types using newer, more sensitive methods less susceptible to artefact and/or bias

5) Mechanisms
None

6) Dosimetry

High
Assess characteristic RF EMF emissions, exposure scenarios and corresponding exposure levels for new and emerging RF technologies; also for changes in the use of established technologies

High
Quantify personal exposures from a range of RF sources and identify the determinants of exposure in the general population

Other
Monitoring of personal exposure of RF workers

"High" bedeutet hohe Priorität, "Other" bedeutet sonstige (keine hohe Priorität), "None" bedeutet, dass hier kein Forschungsbedarf (mehr) gesehen wird. Daneben gibt es noch eine Liste mit sozialwissenschaftlichen Themen, die aber nicht kategorisiert wurden (S. 27).

Quelle: http://www.who.int/peh-emf/research/agenda/en/index.html

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