ID Number		705
Study Type		Epidemiology
Model		Occupational MW exposure to radar workers and correlation with general health
Details		Human subjects (n=500) occupationally exposed to radar between 1970 and 1980 were analyzed for health effects related to MWs. The MW exposure was generally less than 5 mW/cm2. Exposure did not result in any health effects or evidence of 'microwave sickness'. Although general subjective complaints such as headache, fatigue, and irritability were observed more frequently in the exposed workers, these subjective complaints could not be ascribed to MW exposure as the workers were also exposed to uncomfortable occupational conditions (inadequate air, temperature, poor lighting, high noise level, and the necessity of paying attention to radar screens). In follow-on laboratory experiments, injury or death in animals due to MW exposure (field strengths of 200 mW/cm2 or more) were the result of hyperthermia. No pathological effects of low intensity MW exposure were observed (below 5mW/cm2).
Findings		No Effects
Status		Completed With Publication
Principal Investigator		Inst. Aviation Medicine-Zemun, Yugoslavia
Funding Agency		AF, Yugoslavia
Country		YUGOSLAVIA
References		Djordjevich, Z et al. Aviat. Space & Environ. Med., (1983) :539-542 Djordjevich, Z et al. Aviat., Space, & Environ. Med., (1979) 50:396-398
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