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  • Title: Personal power-frequency magnetic field exposure in women recruited at an infertility clinic: association with physical activity and temporal variability.
    Author: Lewis RC, Hauser R, Wang L, Kavet R, Meeker JD.
    Journal: Radiat Prot Dosimetry; 2016 Mar; 168(4):478-88. PubMed ID: 26152565.
    Abstract:
    Current epidemiologic approaches for studying exposure to power-frequency magnetic fields and the risk of miscarriage are potentially biased due to lack of attention to the relationship of exposure with physical activity and within-individual variability in exposures over time. This analysis examines these two issues using data from a longitudinal pilot study of 40 women recruited from an infertility clinic that contributed data for up to three 24-h periods separated by a median of 3.6 weeks. Physical activity was positively associated with peak exposure metrics. Higher physical activity within environments did not necessarily lead to higher peak exposures, suggesting that movement between and not within environments increases one's probability of encountering a high field source. Peak compared with central tendency metrics were more variable over time. Future epidemiology studies associated with peak exposure metrics should adjust for physical activity and collect more than 1 d of exposure measurement to reduce bias.
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