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Comment on „designing EMF experiments: What is required to characterize ‘exposure’?”︁
Author(s) -
Kaune W. T.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
bioelectromagnetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.435
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-186X
pISSN - 0197-8462
DOI - 10.1002/bem.2250160609
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , characterization (materials science) , instrumentation (computer programming) , computer science , engineering ethics , nanotechnology , engineering , history , materials science , archaeology , operating system
Dr. Peter Valberg has written an excellent and clear paper describing our current understanding of the many facets of characterizing exposure to extremely‐low‐frequency (ELF) electric and magnetic fields. Dr. Valberg has directed his paper to the characterization of exposures used in laboratory experimentation. In this context, it seems to me that Valberg's program of exposure characterization can be accomplished with currently available instrumentation and with relatively modest effort. Thus, I have no fundamental problems with his recommendations and, really, have only a few minor comments to make. However, if one argues that Valberg's recommendations should be extended to the characterization of exposure in epidemio‐logical research, I have serious reservations, which I will mention briefly at the end of this commentary. © 1995 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.