World Health Organization Drug Information : Volume 1, No. 2, Year 1987, No. Inn-57: International Nonproprietary Names for Pharmaceutical Substances (INN)

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Title:	World Health Organization Drug Information : Volume 1, No. 2, Year 1987, No. Inn-57: International Nonproprietary Names for Pharmaceutical Substances (INN)
Author:	World Health Organization
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


Citation APA MLA Chicago Health Organization, B. W. (n.d.). World Health Organization Drug Information : Volume 1, No. 2, Year 1987, No. Inn-57. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

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Medical Reference Publication

Excerpt
PREFACE The International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA) initiated activities concerned with non-ionizing radiation by forming a Working Group on Non-Ionizing Radiation in 1974. This Working Group later became the International Non-Ionizing Radiation Committee (IRPAIINIRC), at the IRPA meeting held in Paris in 1977. The IRPAIINIRC reviews the scientific literature on nonionizing radiation and makes assessments of the health risks of human exposure to such radiation. On the basis of Environmental Health Criteria monographs, developed in conjunction with the World Health Organization, Division of Environmental Health, the IRPAIINIRC recommends guidelines on exposure limits, drafts codes of safe practice, and works in conjunction with other international organizations to promote safety and standardization in the nonionizing radiation field.

Table of Contents
CONTENTS PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 1 . SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER STUDIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 1.1 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 1.1.1 Physical characteristics in relation to biological effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 1.1.2 Sources and exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 1.1.2.1 Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 1.1.2.2 Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 1.1.2.3 Workplace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 1.1.3 Biological effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 1.1.4 Laboratory studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 1.1.5 Human studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 1.1.6 Health hazard assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 1.1.6.1 Thermal effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 1.1.6.2 Pulsed fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 1.1.6.3 Amplitude-modulated RF fields . . . 22 1.1.6.4 RF field effects on tumour induction and promotion . . . . . . . 22 1.1.6.5 RF-induced current densities . . . . . 22 1.1.6.6 RF contact shocks and burns . . . . . 22 1.1.7 Exposure standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 1.1.7.1 Basic exposure limits . . . . . . . . . 23 1.1.7.2 Occupational exposure limits . . . . . 24 1.1.7.3 Exposure limits for the general population . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 1.1.7.4 Implementation of standards . . . . . 25 1.1.8 Protective measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 1.2 Recommendations for further studies . . . . . . . . . 26 1.2.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 1.2.2 Pulsed fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 1.2.3 Cancer, reproduction, and nervous system studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 1.2.4 Weak-field interactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 1.2.5 Epidemiology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 2 . PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 2.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29