A study of the health status of radar workers.

: The health status was examined of 322 radar workers with a history of occupational exposure in a microwave field from 5-10 years. The clinical findings were compared with a control group of 220 persons. There were no statistically significant differences in clinical and laboratory findings between exposed and control group. Only some subjective complaints were found more frequently in the exposed group than in the control. The authors' feeling is that subjective complaints in radar workers could not be ascribed only to the influence of microwaves because they could be due to other nonspecific harmful occupational factors. On the basis of the results of this work, the authors concluded that it is unlikely to expect marked harmful effects from microwaves in radar workers in normal working conditions.