Output Report on ITU-D Question 7/2 Policies, guidelines, regulations and assessments of human exposure to radio-frequency electromagnetic fields
Acknowledgements
List of tables and figures
Executive summary
Abbreviations and acronyms
Chapter 1 – Introduction
     1.1 Background
     1.2 Scope of the report
Chapter 2 – ITU activities
     2.1 Resolution 176 (Rev. Dubai, 2018) of the Plenipotentiary Conference
     2.2 Resolution 62 (Rev. Buenos Aires, 2017) of WTDC
     2.3 Resolution 72 of WTSA and deliverables of ITU-T Question 3/5
Chapter 3 – Updated international RF-EMF exposure limits
     3.1 General
     3.2 ICNIRP (2010) and (2020) Guidelines in force
          3.2.1 Overview
          3.2.2 Elaborating the tables and figures of ICNIRP (2020)
     3.3 IEEE C95.1-2019
          3.3.1 Reference levels: safety factors applying 100 kHz - 6 GHz; thermal effects
          3.3.2 Dosimetric reference limits and exposure reference level
          3.3.3 Compare and contrast ICNIRP (1998), IEEE 95-1 (2019) and ICNIRP (2020)
     3.4 Additional international references
          3.4.1 ITU-T Recommendations and their relevant K supplements
          3.4.2 Report ITU-R SM.2452
          3.4.3 International Electrotechnical Commission Standards
          3.4.4 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
          3.4.5 Summary – Best practices, international RF-EMF exposure limits
Chapter 4 – Policies to limit exposure to radiofrequency fields
     4.1 Guidelines for national regulation
     4.2 National practices for ensuring compliance with exposure limits
     4.3 Impact of IMT-2020 (5G) on EMF
     4.4 Exposure to other short-range devices emitters, such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Chapter 5 – Formulating national EMF policies on exposure limits
     5.1 Legal framework
     5.2 Establishment of standards
     5.3 Assessment of concerns related to human exposure to RF-EMF
     5.4 Public awareness
     5.5 Exposure limits in areas around kindergartens, schools and hospitals
     5.6 Assessment of RF-EMF exposure around transmitters
          5.6.1 Calculation of RF-EMF exposure
          5.6.2 Measurement of RF-EMF exposure
          5.6.3 Presentation of results on websites
          5.6.4 Simplified assessment procedures for base station sites
Chapter 6 – Human exposure to EMF from base stations and handsets
     6.1 International comparison of base station exposure levels
     6.2 Exposure levels from handsets
     6.3 National SAR measurements
     6.4 RF exposure and children
Chapter 7 – Case studies
     7.1 Background
     7.2 Country initiatives
          7.2.1 The case of Burundi
          7.2.2 The case of the Central African Republic
          7.2.3 The case of Senegal
          7.2.4 The case of China
     7.3 Recapitulation of best practices
Annexes
Annex 1: List of contributions and liaison statements received on Question 7/2
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