ID Number		2487
Study Type		Epidemiology
Model		Retrospective study of mortality rate and causes of death between two groups exposed to radar in French Navy.
Details		AUTHORS' ABSTRACT: Dabouis et al. 2015 (IEEE #6000): This retrospective cohort study deals with the causes of death among 57,000 military personnel who served in the French Navy surface vessels and were observed over the period 1975-2000. We successively compared the mortality rate and the specific causes of death between two groups differing in their potential exposure levels to radar. Occupational exposure was defined according to the on-board workplace (radar and control groups). The age-adjusted death ratios of the navy personnel were compared. For all causes of death, the results showed that 885 deaths in the radar group and 299 in the control group occurred (RR = 1.00 (95 % CI: 0.88-1.14)). RRs were 0.92 (95 % CI: 0.69-1.24) for neoplasms. For the duration of follow-up, the results did not show an increased health risk for military personnel exposed to higher levels of radio frequencies in the radar group, but the number of deaths was very small for some cancer sites.
Findings		No Effects
Status		Completed With Publication
Principal Investigator		Inst de recherche bioméd des armées, Brétigny sur
Funding Agency		?????
Country		FRANCE
References		Dabouis , V et al. Int J Environ Health Res., (2016) 26:131-144
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