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The Italian national electromagnetic field monitoring network

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The paper describes the Italian national electromagnetic field monitoring network that the Italian Ministry of Communications established with the technical support of Fondazione Ugo Bordoni and in collaboration with the local Environmental Protection Agencies of all Italian regions.

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A project as wide as the one shortly described in this paper obviously required the efforts of scores of people dealing with the multiplicity of aspects of such a complex task, and it is not even possible to mention all their names here. The authors thankfully acknowledge the collaboration of all the personnel of the Ministry of Communications, of Fondazione Ugo Bordoni, of the Elettra 2000 consortium and of all the Regional and Provincial Agencies for Environmental Protection that made the Italian EMF monitoring network not only a reality but a successful communications project. A particular acknowledgement is devoted to the laboratory of ARPA Piemonte in Ivrea that performed the testing of the monitoring stations.

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Troisi, F., Boumis, M. & Grazioso, P. The Italian national electromagnetic field monitoring network. Ann. Telecommun. 63, 97–108 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12243-007-0011-4

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