Schreiber G H, Swaen G M, Meijers J M, Slangen J J, Sturmans F
Department of Epidemiology, University of Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Int J Epidemiol. 1993 Feb;22(1):9-15. doi: 10.1093/ije/22.1.9.
Several studies in recent years have raised the possibility that exposure to extreme low frequency (ELF) electromagnetic fields may be hazardous to human health, in particular by the promotion or initiation of leukaemia and other cancers. To determine if this exposure creates a long-term hazard to the public, the mortality of a group of people identified as having lived in an urban quarter of Maastricht in which two 150 kiloVolt (kV) powerlines and one transformer substation are located was investigated. Using the Dutch population registry it was possible to identify retrospectively 3549 inhabitants of the quarter who lived there for at least 5 years between 1956 and 1981. Of these 1552 study subjects lived within 100 m of the electricity transmission equipment and were exposed to magnetic field intensity of 1.0-11.0 milliGauss. The overall standardized mortality ratio and cancer mortality ratios were either not or only slightly elevated. The study does not support previously reported associations of exposure to ELF electromagnetic fields with leukaemia, brain cancer and breast cancer.
近年来的多项研究提出了这样一种可能性，即暴露于极低频（ELF）电磁场可能对人类健康有害，尤其是通过促进或引发白血病和其他癌症。为了确定这种暴露是否会对公众造成长期危害，对一组被认定居住在马斯特里赫特一个市区的人群的死亡率进行了调查，该市区有两条150千伏（kV）的输电线和一座变电站。利用荷兰人口登记处的数据，得以追溯性地识别出该市区在1956年至1981年期间至少居住了5年的3549名居民。其中，1552名研究对象居住在距输电设备100米范围内，暴露于1.0 - 11.0毫高斯的磁场强度下。总体标准化死亡率和癌症死亡率要么没有升高，要么只是略有升高。该研究不支持先前报道的暴露于极低频电磁场与白血病、脑癌和乳腺癌之间的关联。
