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Electromagnetic fields in ships and reproductive health in men

This is a follow-up of Project HMS Sea, concluded 31/12-2006 at the University of Bergen. HMS Sea was a survey of work environment and health in the Navy.

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There are still many unanswered questions regarding the issue of staff on ships have problems related to reproduction that possibly could be due to electromagnetic fields from communication equipment on board. The purpose of this project is to gain more knowledge about the relationship between exposure to electromagnetic fields and reproductive health in men. There is a desire to study reproductive outcomes for men in the Navy and whether these are different depending on the extent to which one has worked close to communication equipment on the vessels, and to see if these are different in different vessels in the Navy. In addition, we want to study whether there is a correlation between exposure to electromagnetic fields and biological measurable changes in male reproductive health. This project is funded by the University of Bergen and the time frame 2009-2013. Project manager: Bente E. Moen. Fellow Ole Jacob Møllerløkken.

  

Cooperation:

  • Nationally: 

 Helse Bergen        Bergen fMRI Group          SAN SJØ          Oslo University Hospital      Sør-Trøndelag University College         Cancer Registry of Norway

 

  •  Internationally: 

 Umeå University            Lund University

 

Articles and reports from the project: 

Expert categorisation of exposure to electromagnetic fields in the RNoN

The study is based on HSE Sea and the questionnaire which was delt out in that survey. This study specifically handles the reproductive health in the RNoN and different reproductive outcomes in relation to different service areas in the RNoN. Project leader: Bente E. Moen, Researchers: Nils Magerøy and Ole Jacob Møllerløkken.

Article:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16421386

 

MRI study

This is an experimental study investigating if exposure to a standard MRI procedure can influence hormones relevant for male reproductive health. Project leader: Bente E. Moen. Researcher: Ole Jacob Møllerløkken.

Article:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22576112 

 

Reproductive health in the RNoN

The study is based on HSE Sea and the questionnaire which was delt out in that survey. This study specifically handles the reproductive health in the RNoN and different reproductive outcomes in relation to different service areas in the RNoN. Project leader: Bente E. Moen, Researchers: Nils Magerøy and Ole Jacob Møllerløkken.

Article:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16421386

 

Electrical field measurements in the RNoN

This study is a dosimeter study investigating the electrical fields in the RNoN during normal sailing activity. Project leader: Bente E. Moen. Researcher: Ole Jacob Møllerløkken. 

Reports:

https://www.uib.no/filearchive/elektromagnetiske-felt-maalinger-mtb-knm-terne_1.pdf

https://www.uib.no/filearchive/elektromagnetiske-felt-maalinger-u-baat-knm-utvaer.pdf