%0 Journal Article %J Environmental Research %D 2020 %T Biological effects of radiofrequency fields: Testing a paradigm shift in dosimetry %A Jacques Vanderstraeten %A Luc Verschaeve %K 5G %K Millimeter waves %K mobile phones %K SKIN %K Specific absorption rate %X

Biological effects have been reproducibly reported in rodents exposed to radiofrequency fields (RF) without significant change of the body temperature. These observations relaunch the controversial question of non-thermal effects of RF. If true, such effects would imply to consider RF energy absorption/interaction in tissues, not as volume-averaged, but locally down to the microscale, which is of potential consequence in particular at frequencies beyond 3 GHz. We propose study protocols to explore that question.

%B Environmental Research %V 184 %8 May 2020 %G eng %R 10.1016/j.envres.2020.109387