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Project No. 108 (1997)The Health Effects of the Overhead Power Lines on the UAE University FemaleStudents - A Case Control StudyStudent Authors: Moza Hilal Al KuwaitiFaculty Supervisors: Prof. O. Lloyd, Dr. A. BenerAbstract:Objective To determine the effect of electrical magnetic fields (EMFs) of the overheadpower lines on aspects of health status among students in the UAE University hostels.Methods A case control study was performed among randomly selected students in theUAE University hostels. 600 self-administered questionnaires were distributed amongthose students in both hostels but 500 students participated in the study and gavetheir responses. Then followed by measurement of the electrical magnetic field in bothhostels.Results There were very high significant differences in sleeping and mental disordersbetween the cases and controls where as no significant difference of headache andfrequency of getting illness between them. The students in both hostels related thecauses to using computer., mobile phone, driving cars, diet and water in the hostels.But most of the students in Markhania related the cause to the EMFs of the overloadpower lines.Conclusion There was positive relationship between the EMFs of the overhead powerlines and health problems such as sleeping and mental disorders.