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ISSN : 1738-4125(Print)
ISSN : 2287-7509(Online)
Journal of Odor and Indoor Environment Vol.2 No.1 pp.12-26
DOI :

송전선로 주변과 비주변 초등학생을 대상으로 극저주파 자기장 노출과 뇨중 성장 호르몬 분비량간의 상관성 연구

조용성1,2), 김윤신1)*, 이종태1), 최성호1), 홍승철3), 장성기2)
1)한양대학교 환경 및 산업의학연구소, 2)국립환경과학원 실내환경과
3)인제대학교 의생명공학대학 보건안전공학과

Relationship between Urinary Human Growth Hormone (HGH) Levels and Extremely Low Frequency Magnetic Fields for the Selected Primary Schoolchildren Living nearby and away from Overhead Transmission Power Line

Yoon-Shin Kim1)*, Yong-Sung Cho1,2), Jong-Tae Lee1), Sung-Ho Choi1), Seung-Cheol Hong3), Seong-Ki Jang2)
1)Institute of Environmental and Industiral Medicine, Hanyang Universit
1)Indoor Air Quality Division, National Institute of Environmental Research
1)Department of Occupational Health and Safety Engineering, College of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Inje University
Received 18 June 2005, accepted 30 August 2005

Abstract

The present study investigated the hypothesis that a extremely low frequency magnetic field (ELF-MF)partially suppresses the synthesis of human growth hormone (HGH) in a group of 28 primary schoolchildrenliving nearby and 60 primary schoolchildren aged 12 years living far away from overhead transmission powerlines from December 2003 to April 2004 in Seoul, Korea. The mean personal exposure levels of the primaryschoolchildren living nearby overhead transmission power line were 0.37 μT, whereas the levels for theprimary schoolchildren living away from overhead transmission power line was 0.05 μT. From simpleanalyses, the mean growth hormone levels in the primary schoolchildren living nearby were lower than awayfrom overhead transmission power line, and statistically significant differences in the levels of the growthhormone (p = 0.0316), whereas not statistically significant differences in the levels of the growth hormonerelated to the distance from residence to power line less and more than 100 m by cut-off point (p =0.4017). In conclusion, these results may indicate that urinary levels of nocturnal growth hormone are alteredin primary schoolchildren exposed to extremely low frequency magnetic field at overhead transmission powerline.
ELF-MF,Human growth hormone,Powerline,Primary schoolchildren
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