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OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE OF POLICE OFFICERS TO MICROWAVE RADIATION FROM TRAFFIC RADAR DEVICES

Authors: W. Gregory Lotz, Robert A. Rinsky, Richard D. Edwards
Affiliation: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Biomedical and Behavioral Science and Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226
Publication Date: June 1995


Footnotes found throughout this publication refer to the References section below.

Contents

Executive Summary
Introduction
Feasibility Assessment Design

Background
Historical Development of Traffic Radar
Police Traffic Radar Characteristics
Other Studies of Traffic Radar Exposure
NIOSH Exposure Assessment
Methods
Results
Epidemiology
Epidemiology Design Considerations
Cohort Study Considerations
Case-control Study Considerations
Methods
Results
Discussion and Conclusions
Exposure Levels
Biological Effects of Microwave Exposure
Recommendations for Traffic Radar Use
Exposure Reconstruction
Epidemiologic Study of Radar Users
Epidemiologic Study of Occupational Health Risks for Police
Recommendations
To Reduce Exposure
For Future Study
Tables
Appendix 1. NIOSH Contacts
References

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