USDOE Human Subjects Research Database, fiscal year 1995

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Project Identifier: ORNL-95-50

Project Title:

Development of Recommendations for Personal Exposure Measurement of Electric and Magnetic Fields

Principle Investigator: Dr. Paul C. Gailey

Project started in: 1995

Fiscal Year 1995 Funding for Research on Human Subjects:

Project Funding Information:
Project received funding in Fiscal Year 1995.
Project used human subjects in Fiscal Year 1995.

Funding Sources:

DOE: Office of Energy Management

Amount: $100,000 (Est.)

Information on Use of Human Subjects:

Project does not involve use of multiple protocols/subprojects.

IRB Review:
Type of Review: Expedited
Most Recent Approval: August 03, 1995

Number of Human Subjects in the Last Reporting Period for this Project: 12
(Reporting periods vary.)

Type of Human Subjects Involvement:

Questionnaires, Surveys, Epidemiological Studies:

Use of personally identifiable data from questionnaires, surveys, or epidemiological studies.

• Use of data collected from subjects specifically for this project.

(a. Objectives, b. Methodology, c. Ionizing Radiation, Radioactive Substances, or Chemical Substances to which human subjects are exposed, d. Involvement of Human Subjects [d.1. procedures used, d.2. risks if any])

a. To develop recommendations for establishing a set of guidelines for measurements of personal exposure to electric and magnetic fields (EMF) to address issues of data consistency across studies.

b. Pilot studies will be conducted in an occupational and non-occupational setting with participants being recruited on a voluntary basis. Participants will wear a personal magnetic field meter and will include both adults and children. A study number will be used to link forms and data files, with no personal identifiers employed in the files.

d1. See above.

d2. There are no potential physical, chemical, social, economic, or legal hazards to the subjects associated with this project.