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Electromagnetic fields
What are electromagnetic fields?
Static and low-frequency fields
What are static and low-frequency electric and magnetic fields?
Direct and alternating voltage
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Power supply & traffic systems
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Household appliances & electrical installations
Induction hob
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Everyday field strain
Effects of static and low-frequency fields
Effects of static fields
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Occupational safety
Reports & Evaluations
Energy saving lamps
Static magnetic fields and human health
Radiation protection relating to the expansion of the national grid
Basics transfer of electrical power
What are high-voltage lines?
Electric and magnetic fields
Field strain due to high-voltage lines
High-voltage direct current transmission
Effects
Established effects
Discussed effects of low-frequency fields
Further environmental effects
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European limit values and regulations
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High-frequency fields
What are high-frequency fields?
Applications high-frequency fields
Overview
BOS radio system
Free radio telephone services
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Cordless equipment connections
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Radio and television
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Radar
Effects
Biological effects due to energy absorption and heating
Other possible biological effects
IARC evaluation of high-frequency fields
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Occupational safety

Radiation protection in mobile communication
What is mobile communication?
High-frequency electromagnetic fields
Mobile terminals
GSM standard
UMTS
LTE
Effects
Biological effects due to energy absorption and heating
Other possible biological effects
Protection
Legal rules
Precaution
Reports and evaluations
Research programme "Mobile Communication" (DMF)
Mobile phones in a railway compartment
Options for lowering the emission
Mobile phone use and male fertility
Danish Cohort Study
New frequencies
Optical radiation
What is optical radiation?
UV radiation
What is UV radiation?
Sun – but safe!
What is solar radiation?
UV radiation and ozone
Sunbeds
Effects of UV radiation
Acute effects
Protection against UV radiation
Why protection against UV radiation?
Tips on UV protection
UV protection through clothing
UV protection for the eyes
UV protection for the skin
UV protection alliance
UV index
What is the UV index?
UV forecast
UV index worldwide
UV monitoring network
Infrared radiation
What is infrared radiation?
Application/occurrence
Effects

Laser
What is laser radiation?
Applications in daily life and in technology
Applications in medicine and cosmetics
Biological effects
Ionising radiation
What is ionising radiation?
Radioactivity in the environment
Where does radioactivity occur in the environment?
What is the level of natural radiation exposure in Germany?
Air, soil and water
Monitoring of the gamma dose rate
Cosmic radiation during flights
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Radon
What is radon?
Radon in the soil
Radon in buildings
Health effects
Measures to provide protection against radon
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What radionuclides can be found in food?
Natural radioactivity in food
Radiation exposure via food intake
Radiation exposure of mushrooms and game
Building materials
Natural radionuclides in building materials
Clay as building material
Granite plates used in households
Relics
Enhanced environmental radioactivity as a result of human influence
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Industrial residues (NORM)
What are NORM residues?
Residues from drinking-water treatment
Residues from deep geothermal energy
Specialist information NORM
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Nuclear-medical diagnostics
Radiation applications and pregnancy
Alternative imaging techniques
Diagnostic reference values
Radiotherapy
What is radiotherapy?
Types of radiotherapy
Radiation protection in medicine: international activities
Applications in daily life and in technology
Radioactive radiation sources in Germany
International Workshop on the security of sealed radioactive sources
Register high-level radioactive radiation sources
Type approval procedure pursuant to RöV and StrlSchV
... pursuant to X-Ray Ordinance
... pursuant to Radiation Protection Ordinance
Cabin luggage security checks
Radioactive materials in watches
Ionisation smoke detectors (ISM)
Effects
What are the effects of radiation?
Effects of selected radioactive materials
Polonium-210
Plutonium
Uranium
Consequences of a radiation accident
Cancer and leukaemia
Introduction
Childhood leukemia
Genetic radiation effects
Individual radiosensitivity
Epidemiology of radiation-induced diseases
Ionising radiation: positive effects?
Risk estimation and assessment
Radiation protection
Basic informations
Principles of radiation protection
From activity to dose
Atomic bombings: radiation protection
Occupational radiation protection
Occupational radiation protection at international level
Recommendations on practical radiation protection
Radiation Protection Register
This is how monitoring works
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What happens in an emergency?
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In the event of an emergency
Protection of the population
Radiation exposure
Psychosocial consequences
Decision support systems
Measuring networks
Germany: IMIS
Worldwide: CTBTO International Monitoring System
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German Mobile Communication Research Programme (DMF)
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Low frequency fields - hematopoeitic and immune system
BfS research projects on the effect of strong static magnetic fields
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