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. 2020 May 19;6(5):e03979. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03979

Table 1.

EMF exposure limit standards.

Standard Frequency range Electric field strength (V/m) EMF spectral density (V/m/Hz) EMF spectral density (V/m/logHz)
ICNIRP Up to 1 Hz
1-8 Hz 10000 1428.57 11074
8-25 Hz 10000 588.23 20202
0.025-0.8 kHz 250/f 0.32/f 0.139
0.8-3 kHz 250/f 0.11/f 0.0478
3-150 kHz 87 0.00059 51.21
0.15-1 MHz 87 0.0001 105.58
1-10 MHz 87/f12 0.00001/f12 0.00000435f12
10-400 MHz 28 0.00000007 17.48
400-2000 MHz 1.375f12 0.000000000086f12 0.000000000037f32
2-300 GHz 61 0.00000000002 28.03



IEEE 0.003-0.1 MHz 614 0.00633 403.15
0.1-3.0 MHz 614 0.00021 415.71
3-30 MHz 1842/f 0.00007/f 0.00003
30-100 MHz 61.4 0.0000009 117.40
100-300 MHz 61.4 0.0000003 128.72
300-3000 MHz
3000-15000 MHz
15000-300000 MHz



FCC 0.3-3.0 MHz 614 0.00023 614
3.0-30 MHz 1842/f 0.00007/f 0.00003
30-300 MHz 61.4 0.000000023 61.40
300-1500 MHz
1500-100,000 MHz



ACGIH 30-100 kHz 1842 0.0263 3522
100 kHz-1 MHz 1842 0.002 1842
1-30 MHz 1842/f 0.000063/f 0.000027
30-100 MHz 61.4 0.0000009 117.40
100 MHz-300 MHz 61.4 0.0000003 128.72
300 MHz-3 GHz
3-30 GHz
30-300 GHz

Note: f, in columns 3, 4 and 5, denotes frequency, in Hz.