We describe research into EMFs in general in our main pages on research. This website is maintained by a utility, National Grid. For the sake of transparency, starting with 2008, we list here peer-reviewed publications reporting research supported by National Grid. We also describe some of the research programmes in more detail.
(please note: the EPRI research programme covers RF as well as ELF EMFs, and some of these research projects relate to occupational safety issues rather than public concerns about EMFs. The publications are grouped broadly under the different programmes but some overlap.)
2008
Research supported through the EMF Biological Research Trust
Magnetic-field effect on the photoactivation reaction of Escherichia coli DNA photolyase. Kevin B Henbest, Kiminori Maeda, PJ Hore, Monika Joshi, Adelbert Bacher, Robert Bittl, Christiane R Timmel and Erik Schleicher. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 105 (2008) 14395-14399.
DNA and chromosomal damage in response to to intermittent extremely low frequency magnetic fields. Susanne Burdak-Rothkamm, Kai Rothkamm, Melvyn Folkard, Guarang Patel, Pat Hone, David Lloyd, Liz Ainsbury and Kevin M Prise. (2008) Mutation Research, in press (Available on-line 13 Nov 08).
Chemical compass model of avian magnetoreception. Kiminori Maeda, Kevin B Henbest, Filippo Cintolesi, Ilya Kuprov, Christopher T Rodgers, Paul A Liddell, Devens Gust, Christiane R Timmel and PJ Hore. Nature, 453 (2008) 387-390.
Role of exchange and dipolar interactions in the radical pair model of the avian magnetic compass. O Efimova and PJ Hore. Biophys. J., 94 (2008) 1565-1574.
Research supported through EPRI
Kheifets L, Monroe J, Vergara X, Mezei G, Afifi A. Occupational electromagnetic fields and leukemia and brain cancer: an update to two meta-analyses. J Occup Environ Med 2008;50:677–88.
Thuróczy G, Jánossy G, Nagy N, Bakos J, Szabó J, Mezei G. Exposure to 50 Hz magnetic field in apartment buildings with built-in transformer stations in Hungary. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2008;131:469–73.
Mezei G, Spinelli JJ, Wong P, Borugian M, McBride ML. Assessment of selection bias in the Canadian case-control study of residential magnetic field exposure and childhood leukemia. Am J Epidemiol 2008;167:1504–10.
Kavet R, Bailey WH, Bracken TD, Patterson RM. Recent advances in research relevant to electric and magnetic field exposure guidelines. Bioelectromagnetics 2008;29:499–526.
Findlay RP, Dimbylow PJ. Calculated SAR distributions in a human voxel phantom due to the reflection of electromagnetic fields from a ground plane between 65 MHz and 2 GHz. Phys Med Biol 2008;53:2277–89
Mezei G, Gadallah M, Kheifets L. Residential magnetic field exposure and childhood brain cancer: a meta-analysis. Epidemiology 2008;19:424–30.
Ilonen K, Markkanen A, Mezei G, Juutilainen J. Indoor transformer stations as predictors of residential ELF magnetic field exposure. Bioelectromagnetics 2008;29:213–8.
Research supported through the UK Energy Networks Association
Kheifets L, Bowman JD, Checkoway H, Feychting M, Harrington M, Kavet R, Marsh G, Mezei G, Renew DC, van Wijngaarden E. Future needs of occupational epidemiology of extremely low frequency (ELF) electric and magnetic fields (EMF): review and recommendations. Occup Environ Med. 2008 Sep 19. [Epub ahead of print]
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(either directly funded or through the involvement of National Grid staff)
Methods used to calculate exposures in two epidemiological studies of power lines in the UK. Swanson J. J Radiol Prot. 2008 Mar;28(1):45-59. Epub 2008 Feb 26.
2009
Research supported through the EMF Biological Research Trust
Possible involvement of superoxide and dioxygen with cryptochrome in avian magnetoreception: Origin of Zeeman resonances observed by in vivo EPR spectroscopy. Hannah J. Hogben, Olga Efimova, Nicola Wagner-Rundell, Christiane R. Timmel, P.J. Hore. Chemical Physics Letters 480 (2009) 118-122.
Radiofrequency field polarization effects in low-field electron paramagnetic resonance. CJ Wedge, CT Rodgers, SA Norman, N Baker, K Maeda, KB Henbest, CR Timmel and PJ Hore. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 11 (2009) 6573-66579.
Radiofrequency field polarization effects in zero-field electron paramagnetic resonance. CT Rodgers, CJ Wedge, SA Norman, P Kukura, N Baker, K Maeda, KB Henbest, PJ Hore and CR Timmel. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 11 (2009) 6569-6572.
Chemical magnetoreception in birds: the radical pair mechanism. Christopher T Rodgers and PJ Hore. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 106 (2009) 353-360.
Effect of magnetic fields on cryptochrome-dependent responses in Arabidopsis thaliana. Sue-Re Harris, Kevin B Henbest, Kiminori Maeda, John R Pannell, Christiane R Timmel, PJ Hore and Haruko Okamoto. J. Roy. Soc. Interface (2009).
Magnetic Compass of birds is based on a molecule with optimal directional sensitivity. T Ritz, R Wiltschko, PJ Hore, CT Rodgers, T Staputt, P Thalau, CR Timmel and W Wiltschko. Biophys J., 96 (2009) 3451-3457.
Research supported through EPRI
An integrated job exposure matrix for electrical exposures of utility workers. Bracken TD, Kavet R, Patterson RM, Fordyce TA. 2009. J Occup Environ Hyg 6:499-509.
Spatial Averaging of Fields from Half-wave Dipole Antennas and Corresponding SAR Calculations in the NORMAN Human Voxel Model Between 65 MHz and 2 GHz. Findlay, RP; and Dimbylow, PJ. 2009. Physics in Medicine and Biology, Volume 54, Number 8, 2009, pp. 2437-2447.
Residential magnetic fields and measures of neutral-to-earth voltage: variability within and between residences. Kavet R, Hooper HC. 2009. Health Phys 97:332-42.
Research supported through the UK Energy Networks Association
Extremely low frequency electric fields and cancer: Assessing the evidence. Kheifets L, Renew D, Sias G, Swanson J. Bioelectromagnetics. 2009 Jul 31. [Epub ahead of print]
Research supported directly
(either directly funded or through the involvement of National Grid staff)
Comment on Valic et al., 2009. Swanson J. Bioelectromagnetics. 2009 Jul 14. [Epub ahead of print]
2010
Research supported through the EMF Biological Research Trust
Effects of disorder and motion in a radical pair magnetoreceptor. J. C. S. Lau, N. Wagner-Rundell, C. T. Rodgers, N. J. B. Green and P. J. Hore. J. Roy. Soc. Interface 7 (2010) S257-S264.
Research supported through EPRI
A Pooled Analysis of Extremely Low-Frequency Magnetic Fields and Childhood Brain Tumors. Kheifets L, Ahlbom A, Crespi CM, Feychting M, Johansen C, Monroe J, Murphy MF, Oksuzyan S, Preston-Martin S, Roman E, Saito T, Savitz D, Schüz J, Simpson J, Swanson J, Tynes T, Verkasalo P, Mezei G. Am J Epidemiol. 2010 Aug 9. [Epub ahead of print]
Measured breakdown voltage and leakage current of line worker boots. Bracken TD, Sias GS, Patterson RM. 2010. IEEE Trans Pwr Deliv 25:508-517.
Exposure to 50 Hz magnetic fields in apartment buildings with indoor transformer stations in Israel. Hareuveny R, Kandel S, Yitzhak NM, Kheifets L, Mezei G. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology (E-pub: April 21, 2010)
Research supported through the UK Energy Networks Association
Exploring exposure-response for magnetic fields and childhood leukemia.
Kheifets L, Afifi A, Monroe J, Swanson J. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2010 Jul 7. [Epub ahead of print]
Research supported directly
(either directly funded or through the involvement of National Grid staff)
Risk Governance for Mobile Phones, Power Lines, and Other EMF Technologies. Kheifets L, Swanson J, Kandel S, Malloy TF. Risk Anal. 2010 Aug 17. [Epub ahead of print]
Childhood cancer and magnetic fields from high-voltage power lines in England and Wales: a case–control study. ME Kroll, J Swanson, TJ Vincent and GJ Draper British Journal of Cancer (2010) 103, 1122 – 1127
Pooled analysis of recent studies on magnetic fields and childhood leukaemia. L Kheifets, A Ahlbom, C M Crespi, G Draper, J Hagihara, R M Lowenthal, G Mezei, S Oksuzyan, J Schüz, J Swanson, A Tittarelli, M Vinceti and V Wunsch Filho. British Journal of Cancer (2010) 103, 1128–1135.
2011
Research supported through the EMF Biological Research Trust
Maeda K, Wedge CJ, Storey JG, Henbest KB, Liddell PA, Kodis G, Devens Gust, Hore PJ, Timmel CR.
Spin-selective recombination kinetics of a model chemical magnetoreceptor.
Chem Commun 47: 6563-6565 (2011).
Maeda K, Neil SR, Henbest KB, Weber S, Schleicher E, Hore PJ, Mackenzie SR, Timmel CR.
Following radical pair reactions in solution: a step change in sensitivity using cavity ring-down detection.
J. Am Chem Soc 133: 17807-17815 (2011).
Jones AR, Samantha J. O. Hardman, Sam Hay, and Nigel S. Scrutton.
Is there a dynamic protein contribution to the substrate trigger in coenzyme B12-dependent ethanolamine ammonia lyase?
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 50:10843–10846 (2011).
Research supported through EPRI
Hirata A, Takano Y, Fujiwara O, Dovan T, Kavet R.
An electric field induced in the retina and brain at threshold magnetic flux density causing magnetophosphenes.
Phys Med Biol. 2011 Jul 7;56(13):4091-101. Epub 2011 Jun 21.
Kavet R, Hooper C, Buffler P, Does M.
The relationship between residential magnetic fields and contact voltage: a pooled analysis.
Radiat Res. 2011 Dec;176(6):807-15. Epub 2011 Oct 12
Does M, Scélo G, Metayer C, Selvin S, Kavet R, Buffler P.
Exposure to electrical contact currents and the risk of childhood leukemia.
Radiat Res. 2011 Mar;175(3):390-6. Epub 2010 Dec 8.
Röösli M, Jenni D, Kheifets L, Mezei G.
Extremely low frequency magnetic field measurements in buildings with transformer stations in Switzerland.
Sci Total Environ. 2011 Aug 15;409(18):3364-9.
Olsen, R.G.; Schneider, J.; Tell, R.A.;
Radio Frequency Burns in the Power System Workplace
Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on Volume: 26 , Issue: 1
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/TPWRD.2010.2081691
Publication Year: 2011 , Page(s): 352 – 359
Vergara XP, Kheifets L, Silva M, Bracken TD, Yost M.
New electric-shock job exposure matrix.
Am J Ind Med. 2011 Nov 8. doi: 10.1002/ajim.21027. [Epub ahead of print]
Research supported through the UK Energy Networks Association
No publications in 2011
Research supported directly
(either directly funded or through the involvement of National Grid staff)
No publications in 2011
2012
Research supported through the EMF Biological Research Trust
Gene expression profiles in white blood cells of volunteers exposed to a 50 Hz electromagnetic field. Kirschenlohr H, Ellis P, Hesketh R, Metcalfe J. Radiat Res 2012; 178:138-49.
Compass magnetoreception in birds arising from photo-induced radical pairs in rotationally disordered cryptochromes. Lau JC, Rodgers CT, Hore PJ. J R Soc Interface 2012; 9:3329-37.
The magnetic retina: light-dependent and trigeminal magnetoreception in migratory birds. Mouritsen H, Hore PJ. Curr Opin Neurobiol 2012; 22:343-52.
Magnetically sensitive light-induced reactions in cryptochrome are consistent with its proposed role as a magnetoreceptor. Maeda K, Robinson AJ, Henbest KB, Hogben HJ, Biskup T, Ahmad M, Schleicher E, Weber S, Timmel CR, Hore PJ. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012; 109:4774-9.
Human cryptochrome-1 confers light independent biological activity in transgenic Drosophila correlated with flavin radical stability. Vieira J, Jones AR, Danon A, Sakuma M, Hoang N, Robles D, Tait S, Heyes DJ, Picot M, Yoshii T, Helfrich-Förster C, Soubigou G, Coppee JY, Klarsfeld A, Rouyer F, Scrutton NS, Ahmad M. PLoS One 2012; 7:e31867.
Reexamination of magnetic isotope and field effects on adenosine triphosphate production by creatine kinase. Crotty D, Silkstone G, Poddar S, Ranson R, Prina-Mello A, Wilson MT, Coey JM. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012; 109:1437-42.
Are biochemical reactions affected by weak magnetic fields? Hore P. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012; 109:1357-8.
Research supported through EPRI
Hirata A, Nagai T, Koyama T, Hattori J, Chan KH, Kavet R. 2012. Dispersive FDTD analysis of induced electric field in human models due to electrostatic discharge. Phys Med Biol 57:4447-58.
Kavet R, Dovan T, Reilly JP. 2012. The relationship between anatomically correct electric and magnetic field dosimetry and publishe delectric and magnetic field exposure limits. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 152:279-95.
Oksuzyan S, Crespi CM, Cockburn M, Mezei G, Kheifets L. 2012. Birth weight and other perinatal characteristics and childhood leukemia in California. Cancer Epidemiol 36:e359-65.
Schuz J, Grell K, Kinsey S, Linet MS, Link MP, Mezei G, Pollock BH, Roman E, Zhang Y, McBride ML, Johansen C, Spix C, Hagihara J, Saito AM, Simpson J, Robison LL, Dockerty JD, Feychting M, Kheifets L, Frederiksen K. 2012. Extremely low-frequency magnetic fields and survival from childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: an international follow-up study. Blood Cancer J 2:e98.
Slusky DA, Mezei G, Metayer C, Selvin S, Von Behren J, Buffler PA. 2012. Comparison of racial differences in childhood cancer risk in case-control studies and population-based cancer registries. Cancer Epidemiol 36:36-44.
Tell RA, Sias GG, Vazquez A, Sahl J, Turman JP, Kavet RI, Mezei G. 2012. Radiofrequency fields associated with the Itron smart meter. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 151:17-29.
Vergara XP, Kheifets L, Silva M, Bracken TD, Yost M. 2012. New electric-shock job exposure matrix. Am J Ind Med 55:232-40.
von Winterfeldt D, Kavet R, Peck S, Mohan M, Hazen G. 2012. The value of environmental information without control of subsequent decisions. Risk Anal 32:2113-32.
Zhou L, Schneider J. 2012. A study of RF dosimetry from exposure to an AMI smart meter. IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine 54:69-80.
Research supported through the UK Energy Networks Association
Occup Med (Lond). 2012 Sep 4. [Epub ahead of print] Cancer incidence in UK electricity generation and transmission workers, 1973-2008. Sorahan T.
Research supported directly
(either directly funded or through the involvement of National Grid staff)
Swanson J, Kheifets L. 2012. Could the geomagnetic field be an effect modifier for studies of power-frequency magnetic fields and childhood leukaemia? J Radiol Prot 32:413-8.
2013
Research supported through the EMF Biological Research Trust
Investigation of transcriptional responses of juvenile mouse bone marrow to power frequency magnetic fields. Kabacik S, Kirschenlohr H, Raffy C, Whitehill K, Coster M, Abe M, Brindle K, Badie C, Sienkiewicz Z, Bouffler S. Mutat Res 2013; 745-746:40-5.
A radical sense of direction: signalling and mechanism in cryptochrome magnetoreception. Dodson CA, Hore PJ, Wallace MI. Trends Biochem Sci 2013; 38:435-46.
Spin-locking in low-frequency reaction yield detected magnetic resonance. Wedge CJ, Lau JC, Ferguson KA, Norman SA, Hore PJ, Timmel CR. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2013; 15:16043-53.
Relating localized protein motions to the reaction coordinate in coenzyme B12-dependent enzymes. Jones AR, Levy C, Hay S, Scrutton NS. FEBS J 2013; 280:2997-3008.
Spin-selective recombination reactions of radical pairs: Experimental test of validity of reaction operators. Maeda K, Liddell P, Gust D, Hore PJ. J Chem Phys 2013; 139:234309.
Magnetic field effects in flavoproteins and related systems. Evans EW, Dodson CA, Maeda K, Biskup T, Wedge CJ, Timmel CR. Interface Focus 2013; 3:20130037.
Updated structure of Drosophila cryptochrome. Levy C, Zoltowski BD, Jones AR, Vaidya AT, Top D, Widom J, Young MW, Scrutton NS, Crane BR, Leys D. Nature 2013; 495:E3-E4.
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Kavet R, Tell RA, Olsen RG. 2013. Radiofrequency Contact Currents: Sensory Responses and Dosimetry. Radiat Prot Dosimetry
Kheifets L, Crespi CM, Hooper C, Oksuzyan S, Cockburn M, Ly T, Mezei G. 2013. Epidemiologic study of residential proximity to transmission lines and childhood cancer in California: description of design, epidemiologic methods and study population. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol
Li M, Jones L, Gaillard C, Binnewies M, Ochoa R, Garcia E, Lam V, Wei G, Yang W, Lobe C, Hermiston M, Passegue E, Kogan SC. 2013. Initially disadvantaged, TEL-AML1 cells expand and initiate leukemia in response to irradiation and cooperating mutations. Leukemia 27:1570-3.
Oksuzyan S, Crespi CM, Cockburn M, Mezei G, Kheifets L. 2013. Birth weight and other perinatal factors and childhood CNS tumors: a case-control study in California. Cancer Epidemiol 37:402-9.
Tell RA, Kavet R, Mezei G. 2013. Characterization of radiofrequency field emissions from smart meters. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 23:549-53.
Tell RA, Sias G, Smith J, Sahl J, Kavet R. 2013. ELF magnetic fields in electric and gasoline-powered vehicles. Bioelectromagnetics 34:156-61.
Vergara X, Kheifets L, Greenland S, Oksuzyan S, Cho YS, Mezei G. 2013. Occupational exposure to extremely low-frequency magnetic fields and neurodegenerative disease: a meta-analysis. J Occup Environ Med 55:135-46.
Research supported through the UK Energy Networks Association
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(either directly funded or through the involvement of National Grid staff)
2014
Research supported through the EMF Biological Research Trust
Cryptochrome-dependent magnetic field effect on seizure response in Drosophila larvae. Marley R, Giachello CN, Scrutton NS, Baines RA, Jones AR. Sci Rep 2014; 4:5799.
Increased apoptosis and DNA double-strand breaks in the embryonic mouse brain in response to very low-dose X-rays but not 50 Hz magnetic fields. Saha S, Woodbine L, Haines J, Coster M, Ricket N, Barazzuol L, Ainsbury E, Sienkiewicz Z, Jeggo P. J R Soc Interface 2014; 11:20140783.
An electromagnetic field disrupts negative geotaxis in Drosophila via a CRY-dependent pathway. Fedele G, Green EW, Rosato E, Kyriacou CP. Nat Commun 2014; 5:4391-6.
Anthropogenic electromagnetic noise disrupts magnetic compass orientation in a migratory bird. Engels S, Schneider NL, Lefeldt N, Hein CM, Zapka M, Michalik A, Elbers D, Kittel A, Hore PJ, Mouritsen H. Nature 2014; 509:353-6.
Alternative radical pairs for cryptochrome-based magnetoreception. Lee AA, Lau JC, Hogben HJ, Biskup T, Kattnig DR, Hore PJ. J R Soc Interface 2014; 11:20131063.
Broadband cavity-enhanced detection of magnetic field effects in chemical models of a cryptochrome magnetoreceptor. Neil SR, Li J, Sheppard DM, Storey J, Maeda K, Henbest KB, Hore PJ, Timmel CR, Mackenzie SR. J Phys Chem B 2014; 118:4177-84.
A Drosophila RNAi collection is subject to dominant phenotypic effects. Green EW, Fedele G, Giorgini F, Kyriacou CP. Nat Methods 2014; 11:222-3.
A chemical compass for bird navigation. Solov'yov IA, Ritz T, Schulten K, Hore PJ. In: Mohseni M, Omar Y, Engel G, Plenio M, editors. Quantum effects in biology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; in press.
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Okokon EO, Roivainen P, Kheifets L, Mezei G, Juutilainen J. 2014. Indoor transformer stations and ELF magnetic field exposure: use of transformer structural characteristics to improve exposure assessment. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 24:100-4.
Slusky DA, Does M, Metayer C, Mezei G, Selvin S, Buffler PA. 2014. Potential role of selection bias in the association between childhood leukemia and residential magnetic fields exposure: A population-based assessment. Cancer Epidemiol 38:307-13.
Tell RA, Kavet R. 2014. A Survey of the Urban Radiofrequency (Rf) Environment. Radiat Prot Dosimetry
Tell RA, Kavet R, Bailey JR, Halliwell J. 2014. Very-low-frequency and low-frequency electric and magnetic fields associated with electric shuttle bus wireless charging. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 158:123-34.
Vergara X, Mezei G, Kheifets L. 2014. Case-control study of occupational exposure to electric shocks and magnetic fields and mortality from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in the US, 1991-1999. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol
Chan KH, Ohta S, Laakso I, Hirata A, Suzuki Y, Kavet R. in press. Computational dosimetry for child and adult human models due to contact current from 10 HZ to 110 MHZ. Radiat Prot Dosimetry
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Occup Med (Lond). 2014 Feb 21. [Epub ahead of print] Magnetic fields and brain tumour risks in UK electricity supply workers. Sorahan T.
Occup Med (Lond). 2014 Feb 21. [Epub ahead of print] Magnetic fields and leukaemia risks in UK electricity supply workers. Sorahan T.
Occup Med (Lond). 2014 Sep;64(6):454-60. Neurodegenerative disease and magnetic field exposure in UK electricity supply workers. Sorahan T, Mohammed N.
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(either directly funded or through the involvement of National Grid staff)
Residential distance at birth from overhead high-voltage powerlines: childhood cancer risk in Britain 1962-2008 Bunch KJ, Keegan TJ, Swanson J, Vincent TJ, Murphy MFG British Journal of Cancer
Relative accuracy of grid references derived from postcode and address in UK epidemiological studies of overhead power lines. Swanson J1, Vincent TJ, Bunch KJ.J Radiol Prot. 2014 Dec;34(4):N81-6.
Childhood cancer and exposure to corona ions from power lines: an epidemiological test
J Swanson1 , K J Bunch , T J Vincent and M F G Murphy, J. Radiol. Prot. 34 (2014) 873–889
2015
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Vergara, X., Mezei, G. and Kheifets, L., Case-control study of occupational exposure to electric shocks and magnetic fields and mortality from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in the US, 1991-1999, Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology , 2015, 25 (1):65-71
Chan, K. H., Ohta, S., Laakso, I., Hirata, A., Suzuki, Y. and Kavet, R., Computational dosimetry for child and adult human models due to contact current from 10 Hz to 110 MHz, Radiation protection dosimetry , 2015, 167 (4):642-52
Fischer, H. J., Vergara, X. P., Yost, M., Silva, M., Lombardi, D. A. and Kheifets, L., Developing a job-exposure matrix with exposure uncertainty from expert elicitation and data modeling, Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology , 2015,
Kavet, R., Dosimetric Uncertainties: Magnetic Field Coupling to Peripheral Nerve, Health physics , 2015, 109 (6):556-65
Tell, R. A., Hooper, H. C., Sias, G. G., Mezei, G., Hung, P. and Kavet, R., Electromagnetic Fields Associated with Commercial Solar Photovoltaic Electric Power Generating Facilities, Journal of occupational and environmental hygiene , 2015, 12 (11):795-803
Vergara, X. P., Kavet, R., Crespi, C. M., Hooper, C., Silva, J. M. and Kheifets, L., Estimating magnetic fields of homes near transmission lines in the California Power Line Study, Environmental research , 2015, 140 514-23
Vergara, X. P., Fischer, H. J., Yost, M., Silva, M., Lombardi, D. A. and Kheifets, L., Job exposure matrix for electric shock risks with their uncertainties, International journal of environmental research and public health , 2015, 12 (4):3889-902
Fischer, H., Kheifets, L., Huss, A., Peters, T. L., Vermeulen, R., Ye, W., Fang, F., Wiebert, P., Vergara, X. P. and Feychting, M., Occupational Exposure to Electric Shocks and Magnetic Fields and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in Sweden, Epidemiology , 2015, 26 (6):824-30
Hareuveny, R., Kavet, R., Shachar, A., Margaliot, M. and Kheifets, L., Occupational exposures to radiofrequency fields: results of an Israeli national survey, Journal of radiological protection, 2015, 35 (2):429-45
Lewis, R. C., Hauser, R., Maynard, A. D., Neitzel, R. L., Wang, L., Kavet, R., Morey, P., Ford, J. B. and Meeker, J. D., Personal Measures of Power-Frequency Magnetic Field Exposure among Men from an Infertility Clinic: Distribution, Temporal Variability and Correlation with Their Female Partners' Exposure, Radiation protection dosimetry , 2015,
Lewis, R. C., Hauser, R., Wang, L., Kavet, R. and Meeker, J. D., Personal Power-Frequency Magnetic Field Exposure in Women Recruited at an Infertility Clinic: Association with Physical Activity and Temporal Variability, Radiation protection dosimetry , 2015,
Oksuzyan, S., Crespi, C. M., Cockburn, M., Mezei, G., Vergara, X. and Kheifets, L., Race/ethnicity and the risk of childhood leukaemia: a case-control study in California, Journal of epidemiology and community health , 2015, 69 (8):795-802
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The photochemical mechanism of a B12-dependent photoreceptor protein. Kutta RJ, Hardman SJ, Johannissen LO, Bellina B, Messiha HL, Ortiz-Guerrero JM, Elias-Arnanz M, Padmanabhan S, Barran P, Scrutton NS, Jones AR. Nat Commun 2015; 6:7907.
Sensitive fluorescence-based detection of magnetic field effects in photoreactions of flavins. Evans EW, Li J, Storey JG, Maeda K, Henbest KB, Dodson CA, Hore PJ, Mackenzie SR, Timmel CR. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:18456-63. [published online 25 June 2015].
Fluorescence-detected magnetic field effects on radical pair reactions from femtolitre volumes. Dodson CA, Wedge CJ, Murakami M, Maeda K, Wallace MI, Hore PJ. Chem Commun (Camb) 2015; 51:8023-6. [published online 25 March 2015].
The rate of X-ray induced DNA double strand break repair in the embryonic mouse brain is unaffected by exposure to 50 Hz magnetic fields. Woodbine L, Haines J, Coster M, Barazzuol L, Ainsbury E, Sienkiewicz Z, Jeggo P. Int J Radiat Biol 2015; 91:495-9. [published online 19 March 2015].
The effects of extremely low frequency magnetic fields on mutation induction in mice. Wilson JW, Haines J, Sienkiewicz Z, Dubrova YE. Mutat Res 2015; 773:22-6.
Probing a chemical compass: novel variants of low-frequency reaction yield detected magnetic resonance. Maeda K, Storey JG, Liddell PA, Gust D, Hore PJ, Wedge CJ, Timmel CR. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:3550-9. [published online 24 December 2014].
Magnetic field effects as a result of the radical pair mechanism are unlikely in redox enzymes. Messiha HL, Wongnate T, Chaiyen P, Jones AR, Scrutton NS. J R Soc Interface 2015; 12:20141155. [published online 10 December 2014].
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Magnetic fields and childhood cancer: an epidemiological investigation of the effects of high-voltage underground cables
K J Bunch, J Swanson, T J Vincent, M F G Murphy, Journal of Radiological Protection 2015 Sep;35(3):695-705.
2016
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Health-Economics Analyses Applied to ELF Electric and Magnetic Fields.
Kandel S, Swanson J, Kheifets L, Risk Anal. 2016 Jan 21. doi: 10.1111/risa.12551. [Epub ahead of print]
Epidemiological study of power lines and childhood cancer in the UK: further analyses
K J Bunch, J Swanson, T J Vincent and M F G Murphy
Radiol. Prot. 2016, 36, 437–455
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Lewis, R. C., Hauser, R., Maynard, A. D., Neitzel, R. L., Wang, L., Kavet, R., Morey, P., Ford, J. B. and Meeker, J. D.
Personal Measures of Power-Frequency Magnetic Field Exposure among Men from an Infertility Clinic: Distribution, Temporal Variability and Correlation with Their Female Partners' Exposure
Radiation protection dosimetry 2016, 172(4): 401-408.
Lewis, R. C., Hauser, R., Wang, L., Kavet, R. and Meeker, J. D.
Personal Power-Frequency Magnetic Field Exposure in Women Recruited at an Infertility Clinic: Association with Physical Activity and Temporal Variability
Radiation protection dosimetry 2016, 168(4): 478-488.
Crespi, C.M, Vergara, X.P., Hooper, C., Oksuzyan, S. , Wu, S., Cockburn, M. and Kheifets, L.
Childhood leukaemia and distance from power lines in California: a population-based case-control study
British Journal of Cancer 2016, 115(1):122-8
Kavet, R. , Wyman M. T. and Klimley, A. P.
Modeling Magnetic Fields from a DC Power Cable Buried Beneath San Francisco Bay Based on Empirical Measurements
PloS one, 2016, 11(2): e0148543.
Korpinen, L., Kuisti, H., Tarao, H. , Virtanen, V., Paakkonen, R. , Dovan, T. and Kavet, R.
Possible Influences of Spark Discharges on Cardiac Pacemakers
Health Physics 2016, 110(1): 1-10.
Lewis, R. C., Hauser, R., Maynard, A. D., Neitzel, R. L., Wang, L., Kavet, R., and Meeker, J. D.
Exposure to Power-Frequency Magnetic Fields and the Risk of Infertility and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: Update on the Human Evidence and Recommendations for Future Study Designs
Journal of toxicology and environmental health. Part B, Critical reviews 2016, 19(1): 29-45
Tell, R. A. and Kavet, R.
Electric and Magnetic Fields <100 Khz in Electric and Gasoline-Powered Vehicles
Radiation Protection Dosimetry 2016, 172(4):541-546
Sudan, O. A. Arah, J. Olsen and L. Kheifets
Reported associations between asthma and acute lymphoblastic leukemia: insights from a hybrid simulation study
European Journal of Epidemiology 2016, 31(6): 593-602
Research supported through the Biological Effects Research Trust
Magnetic fields modulate blue-light-dependent regulation of neuronal firing by cryptochrome. Giachello CN, Scrutton NS, Jones AR, Baines RA. J Neurosci 2016; 36:10742-9.
Sub-millitesla magnetic field effects on the recombination reaction of flavin and ascorbic acid radicals. Evans EW, Kattnig DR, Henbest KB, Hore PJ, Mackenzie SR, Timmel CR. J Chem Phys 2016; 145:085101. [published online 24 August 2016].
The radical pair mechanism of magnetoreception. Hore PJ and Mouritsen H. Annu Rev Biophys 2016; 45:299-344. [published online 16 May 2016].
The quantum needle of the avian magnetic compass. Hiscock HG, Worster S, Kattnig DR, Steers C, Jin Y, Manolopoulos DE, Mouritsen H, Hore PJ. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2016; 113:4634-9. [published online 4 April 2016].
Electron spin relaxation in cryptochrome-based magnetoreception. Kattnig DR, Solov'yov IA, Hore PJ. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:12443-56. [published online 16 March 2016].
A further investigation of the effects of extremely low frequency magnetic fields on alkaline phosphatase and acetylcholinesterase. Silkstone G, Wilson MT. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0148369.
Rhythmic expression of cryptochrome induces the circadian clock of arrhythmic suprachiasmatic nuclei through arginine vasopressin signaling. Edwards MD, Brancaccio M, Chesham JE, Maywood ES, Hastings MH. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2016; 113:2732-7. [published online 22 February 2016].
Magnetic field effects in proteins. Jones AR. Mol Phys 2016; 114:1691-702. [published online 18 February 2016].
Mutation induction in the mouse and human germline. Dubrova YE. Russ J Genet 2016; 52:17-28. [published online 2 February 2016].
Chemical amplification of magnetic field effects relevant to avian magnetoreception. Kattnig DR, Evans EW, Dejean V, Dodson CA, Wallace MI, Mackenzie SR, Timmel CR, Hore PJ. Nat Chem 2016; 8:384-91. [published online 1 February 2016].
2017
Research supported directly
J Radiol Prot. 2017 Jan 24;37(1):201-213.
The effects of human height and mass on the calculated induced electric fields at 50 Hz for comparison with the EMF Directive 2013/35/EU.
Findlay RP.
J Radiol Prot. 2017 Jun 6;37(2):459-491. doi: 10.1088/1361-6498/aa5fc7.
Comparative analyses of studies of childhood leukemia and magnetic fields, radon and gamma radiation.
Kheifets L, Swanson J, Yuan Y, Kusters C, Vergara X.
Research supported by EPRI
Kheifets, L., Crespi, C.M., Hooper, C., Cockburn, M., Amoon, A.T., Vergara, X.P. 2017. Residential magnetic fields exposure and childhood leukemia: A population-based case-control study in California. Cancer Causes & Control, published online 12 September.
Sudan, M; Arah, OA; Becker, T; Levy, Y; Sigsgaard, T; Olsen, J; Vergara, X; Kheifets, L. 2017. Re-examining the Association between Residential Exposure to Magnetic Fields from Power Lines and Childhood Asthma in the Danish National Birth Cohort. PLoS ONE, published online 17 May
Research supported by the EMF BRT
The sensitivity of a radical pair compass magnetoreceptor can be significantly amplified by radical scavengers. Kattnig DR, Hore PJ. Sci Rep 2017; 7:11640.
Vertebrate cryptochromes are vestigial flavoproteins. Kutta RJ, Archipowa N, Johannissen LO, Jones AR, Scrutton NS. Sci Rep 2017; 7:44906.
Millitesla magnetic field effects on the photocycle of an animal cryptochrome. Sheppard DM, Li J, Henbest KB, Neil SR, Maeda K, Storey J, Schleicher E, Biskup T, Rodriguez R, Weber S, Hore PJ, Timmel CR, Mackenzie SR. Sci Rep 2017; 7:42228.
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