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Assessment of Public and Occupational Electromagnetic Field Exposure in New and Emerging Connectivity Exposure Scenarios

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A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 March 2022) | Viewed by 7005

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Dr. Serena Fiocchi

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CNR National Research Council, Insitute odf Electronics, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering IEIIT, 20133 Milano, Italy
Interests: interaction between EMF and biological systems; deterministic and stochastic computational dosimetry; human exposure in 5G and 6G scenarios; electromagnetic modeling and characterization of innovative strategies in medical applications of EMF
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Dr. Gabriella Tognola

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CNR National Research Council, Insitute of Electronics, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering IEIIT, 20133 Milano, Italy
Interests: assessment of exposure to electromagnetic fields in humans; modelling of electromagnetic fields for biomedical applications
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Prof. Dr. Joe Wiart

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Télécom ParisTech University, 19 Place Marguerite Perey, 91120 Palaiseau, France
Interests: EMF exposure; experimental and numerical dosimetry; telecommunication; machine learning; uncertainty quantification; stochastic dosimetry

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Dear Colleagues,

New and emerging wireless technologies are being used in everyday life in a great and rapidly increasing number of services based on connected objects emitting electromagnetic fields (EMF). This situation is potentially leading to new and complex exposure scenarios characterized by the simultaneous contribution of different emitting sources.

Connected objects in the Internet of Things (IoT), together with the new 5G services, are fostering the development of 'smart environments', such as smart homes, smart offices, smart healthcare, smart cities, smart factories, and smart mobility in which subjects can be potentially exposed to multiple EMF sources characterized by different and new frequencies, different temporal variations, and different field strengths.

This Special Issue focuses on innovative procedures, methods, techniques, and models for the assessment of EMF exposure in these new smart environments, including smart connectivity services addressing both the general population and workers. Particular attention will be focused on studies that address the inherent complexity and the variability of the new exposure scenarios.

Research papers or reviews are encouraged on (but are not limited to) the following: techniques, methods, procedures to assess EMF exposure by smart devices and technologies in outdoor and indoor scenarios, including public and occupational cumulative exposure; advanced statistical approaches for EMF dose assessment; and in-vivo and in-vitro studies of new EMF frequencies.

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Smart environment
Deterministic dosimetry
Advanced statistics for EMF exposure assessment (stochastic dosimetry, machine learning)
Computational exposure assessment
EMF measurements
Cumulative human exposure assessment
Statistical EMF data processing approaches
Smart mobility
Smart healthcare
m2m communications
RFID technology
5G and 6G technologies

Dr. Serena Fiocchi
Dr. Gabriella Tognola
Prof. Joe Wiart
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smart environment
EMF exposure assessment
connected objects
IoT
5G and 6G

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Human Exposure Assessment to Wearable Antennas: Effect of Position and Interindividual Anatomical Variability

by Silvia Gallucci, Marta Bonato, Emma Chiaramello, Serena Fiocchi, Gabriella Tognola and Marta Parazzini

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(10), 5877; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19105877 - 12 May 2022

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(1) Background: This work aims to assess the human exposure to the RF-EMFs emitted by a wearable antenna. (2) Methods: a wearable antenna tuned at f = 2.45 GHz was tested by placing it in six realistic configurations relative to a male and female human model. The exposure assessment was performed by means of computational methods to estimate the SAR_10g distributions at 1W of input power. (3) Results: (i) for all the configurations the SAR_10g distributions resulted always mainly concentrated on a superficial area immediately below the antenna itself; (ii) the obtained values have shown that the configuration with the highest exposure value was when the antenna was posed on the arm; (iii) the exposure tends to be higher for male model. (4) Discussion and Conclusions: This work highlights the importance of performing an exposure assessment when the antenna is placed on the human wearer considering the growth of the wearable technology and its wide variety of fields of application, e.g., medical and military. Full article

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A Magnetic Field Canceling System Design for Diminishing Electromagnetic Interference to Avoid Environmental Hazard

by Yu-Lin Song, Hung-Yi Lin, Saravanan Manikandan and Luh-Maan Chang

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(6), 3664; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063664 - 19 Mar 2022

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Electromagnetic interference is a serious and increasing form of environmental pollution, creating many issues in the areas of health care and industrial manufacturing. The performance of high-precision measurement equipment used in health care and the manufacturing industry is sensitive to electromagnetic interference. However, extremely low-frequency magnetic fields (ELFMF), with a frequency range from 3 to 30 Hz, generated by high-power lines have become the main interference source in high-tech foundries. This paper presents a magnetic cancelling system that works by combining active cancelling technology and passive cancelling technology to reduce the ELFMF around high-precision measurement equipment. The simulation and experimental results show the validity and feasibility of the proposed system. Full article

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Exposure Assessment to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields in Occupational Military Scenarios: A Review

by Silvia Gallucci, Serena Fiocchi, Marta Bonato, Emma Chiaramello, Gabriella Tognola and Marta Parazzini

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(2), 920; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19020920 - 14 Jan 2022

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(1) Background: Radiofrequency radiations are used in most devices in current use and, consequently, the assessment of the human exposure to the radiofrequency radiations has become an issue of strong interest. Even if in the military field there is wide use of radiofrequency devices, a clear picture on the exposure assessment to the electromagnetic field of the human beings in the military scenario is still missing. (2) Methods: a review of the scientific literature regarding the assessment of the exposure of the military personnel to the RF specific to the military environment, was performed. (3) Results: the review has been performed grouping the scientific literature by the typology of military devices to which the military personnel can be exposed to. The military devices have been classified in four main classes, according to their intended use: communication devices, localization/surveillance devices, jammers and EM directed-energy weapons. (4) Discussion and Conclusions: The review showed that in the exposure conditions here evaluated, there were only occasional situations of overexposure, whereas in the majority of the conditions the exposure was below the worker exposure limits. Nevertheless, the limited number of studies and the lack of exposure assessment studies for some devices prevent us to draw definitive conclusions and encourage further studies on military exposure assessment. Full article

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