Author(s)

Isidor Kokalari

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Nowadays, the increasing use of electric equipments (mobile phones, PC-s, home appliances, radio-TV, etc.), apart of their benefit, has raised the concern of possible health danger when it comes to non ionizing electromagnetic fields they emit. This paper is presenting the research done for the identification of the sources of such fields in the city of Gjirokastra, as well as for mapping the intensity of the field emitted. This study is mainly motivated by the absence of laws limiting field intensity in Albania and by the uncontrolled proliferation of emission sources. The position, the number and the different typologies of emitting sources are determined and afterwards, measurements of the intensity of these fields are done in the adjacency of the sources. Finally, the measured values were compared with the European limits of protection and the results of the measurements indicate that the level of exposure in this variety of sources is low.

Electromagnetic Field, Electromagnetic Pollution, Health Effects, European Directive

I. Kokalari, "Evaluation of the Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields in Gjirokastra Region," Journal of Electromagnetic Analysis and Applications, Vol. 2 No. 5, 2010, pp. 283-286. doi: 10.4236/jemaa.2010.25036.