Exposure Assessment and Biomonitoring of Workers in Magnetic Resonance Environment: An Exploratory Study.

ABSTRACT: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has evolved rapidly over the past few decades as one of the most flexible tools in medical research and diagnostic imaging. MRI facilities are important sources of multiple exposure to electromagnetic fields for both patients and health-care staff, due to the presence of electromagnetic fields of multiple frequency ranges, different temporal variations, and field strengths. Due to the increasing use and technological advancements of MRI systems, clearer insights into exposure assessment and a better understanding of possible harmful effects due to long-term exposures are highly needed. In the present exploratory study, exposure assessment and biomonitoring of MRI workers at the Radio-diagnostics Unit of the National Cancer Institute of Naples "Pascale Found

SUBMITTER: Sannino A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5741817 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature