Occupational exposure of MRI workers in epidemiological studies

K. Hansson Mild , J. Hand , M. Hietanen , P. Gowland , I. Lagroye (1, 2) , J. Karpowicz , S. Keevil , E. van Rongen , J. Wilén

1 IMS - Laboratoire de l'intégration, du matériau au système
2 Laboratoire de Bioélectromagnétisme

MRI personnel are highly exposed to EMF compared to many other occupations and they constitute an interesting group for performing epidemiological studies, even though there are difficulties in assessing their "real" exposure. We need to start discussing how to assess the exposure in epidemiological studies and also what options in study design we do have based on exposure. This work will highlight present knowledge, which occupational categories and what options there are to assess the exposure for these groups. We will also briefly mention patients as an option for studying health effects from MRI exposure.

Domains: Biophysics

K. Hansson Mild, J. Hand, M. Hietanen, P. Gowland, I. Lagroye, et al.. Occupational exposure of MRI workers in epidemiological studies. 10th International Conference of the European Bioelectromagnetics Association, Feb 2011, Rome, Italy. ⟨hal-00583190⟩