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Title:   ARPANSA - Mobile telephones and health effects
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   There is no clear evidence in the existing scientific literature that the use of mobile telephones poses a long-term public health hazard.
Date:   Mar 2009
Title:   ARPANSA - Radiation Protection Standard for Maximum Exposure Levels to Radiofrequency Fields - 3 kHz to 300 GHz (2002)
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   This standard specifies limits of human exposure to radiofrequecy fields in the range 3kHz to 300GHz to prevent adverse effects. It specifies basic restrictions for occupational exposure, general public exposure, and equipment and usage parameters. Also contains links to supporting documents.
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   ARPANSA - Prediction methodologies for radiated electromagnetic energy (EME) exposure levels from mobile phone base station antennas
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   Radiated fields from cellular telephone base stations must comply with safety limits imposed by the Australian Communications Authority. In many cases this includes the preparation of an ARPANSA Environmental EME Report.
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   Microwave thermotherapy for benign prostatic hyperplasia
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), the enlargement of the prostate gland, is a common condition in older men that may lead to troublesome urinary symptoms, including increased frequency, urge and night time urination, as well as difficulty emptying the...
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Microwave therapy for cervical ectropion
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   In western countries, cervical ectropion or erosion is considered to be a normal physiological process not requiring intervention. However, in China, cervical ectropion is considered as one of the most common types of chronic cervicitis and is often tre...
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   ARPANSA - Mobile telephones scientific background
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   There is no clear evidence in the existing scientific literature that the use of mobile telephones poses a long-term public health hazard.
Date:   Jun 2007
Title:   ARPANSA - Levels of radiofrequency radiation from GSM mobile telephone base stations
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   This report presents field survey measurements data and provides information on the levels of RF radiation to which members of the public may be exposed from phone base stations (transmitter towers).
Date:   Jun 2007
Title:   Review of the use of microwave therapy for the treatment of patients with cancer
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Description:   The NHMRC's final report on the therapeutic effectiveness of microwave (UHF radiowave) cancer therapy as practised by Dr John Holt in Western Australia.
Date:   May 2007
Title:   Renessa? RF System for female urinary incontinence
Publisher:   Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures - Surgical (ASERNIP-S)
Description:   ASERNIP-S has performed a prioritising summary on the Renessa® RF System for female urinary incontinence.
Date:   Sep 2006
Title:   SafeCross? radiofrequency total occlusion crossing system
Publisher:   Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures - Surgical (ASERNIP-S)
Description:   ASERNIP-S has performed a prioritising summary on the SafeCross® radiofrequency total occlusion crossing system.
Date:   Sep 2005
Title:   ARPANSA - Marine radars mounted on small craft
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   Many small marine vessels are equipped with a navigational radar of modest power. It is possible, although not probable, that some people may be exposed to levels of microwave radiation above the recommended limits.
Date:   Jul 2003
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