Natural and man-made low-frequency magnetic fields as a potential health hazard

N.G. Ptitsyna^a, G. Villoresi^b, L.I. Dorman^c, N. Iucci^d, M.I. Tyasto^a
^aSt. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation, Russian Academy of Sciences, Muchnoi per. 2, St. Petersburg, 191023, Russian Federation
^bDipartamento di Fisica ‘E. Amaldi’, Institut di Fisica Spacio Interplanetario, Consiglio Nazionall delle Ricerche (IFSI/CNR), Universita’ degli Studi ‘Roma Tre’, Via della Vasca Navale 84, Rome, 00146, Italy
^cPushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation, Russian Academy of Sciences, Kaluzhskoe shosse 4, Troitsk, Москва, 108840, Russian Federation
^dDipartimento di Fisica ‘E. Amaldi’, Universita degli Studi ‘Roma Tre’, Via della Vasca Navale 84, Rome, 00146, Italy

Is human health affected by low-frequency low-intensity environmental magnetic fields? There is much diehard evidence that it is. For this reason irregular, spectrally complex ULF (0-10 Hz) magnetic fields have recently come under scrutiny, typical of natural geomagnetic perturbations or electric transportation. Recent work shows that such fields do affect the nervous system and may even cause heart attacks.

PACS: 87.40.+w, 87.50.−a
DOI: 10.1070/PU1998v041n07ABEH000419
URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/1998/7/d/
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Citation: Ptitsyna N G, Villoresi G, Dorman L I, Iucci N, Tyasto M I "Natural and man-made low-frequency magnetic fields as a potential health hazard" Phys. Usp. 41 687–709 (1998)

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Оригинал: Птицына Н Г, Виллорези Дж, Дорман Л И, Юччи Н, Тясто М И «Естественные и техногенные низкочастотные магнитные поля как факторы, потенциально опасные для здоровья» УФН 168 767–791 (1998); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0168.199807d.0767

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