WEB-032Original abstract reviewed
60 GHz: eye injury under different temperature and humidity conditions
The reported finding
Ocular injury was associated with incident intensity. Hotter, more humid conditions tended to worsen damage, but that additional environmental effect was not statistically significant.
Reading it carefully
Original abstract only; sample size and full methods not audited. High-intensity thermal-injury conditions. Do not present the humidity trend as an established independent effect.
Inside the study
Technology connection
60 GHz-region or adjacent-band biology; not an experiment with a WiGig device and not evidence of an oxygen-deprivation mechanism.
Publication type
Original journal research
Exposure conditions
60 GHz; 200 or 300 mW/cm² for 6 min; ambient 24°C/50% RH, 45°C/20% RH or 45°C/80% RH.
Design & controls
Rabbit exposed-right/unexposed-left eye comparison; corneal staining, opacity, thickness and temperature endpoints.
Statistics
See the original results; effect sizes were not independently recalculated.
Related research & shared cohorts
The protection question raised
Which exposure conditions reproduce this finding, and what would establish its relevance beyond the experimental model?
Source verification
Original abstract and bibliographic identity reviewed; full methods, dosimetry and statistics not audited.
Where to find the result
Original abstract
Editorial notices
Linked Europe PMC/PubMed notice fields checked 21 October 2026; no correction/retraction surfaced for this record. Publisher/citation screening is not exhaustive.
Funding
Not established from the retrieved original abstract.
Conflicts of interest
Not established from the retrieved original abstract.
Original publication
Masami Kojima; Takafumi Tasaki; Toshio Kamijo; Aki Hada; Yukihisa Suzuki; Masateru Ikehata; Hiroshi Sasaki. Effects of High Temperature and High Humidity on the Degree of Ocular Damage Caused by 60 GHz Millimeter Wave Exposure. Health physics. 2024. doi:10.1097/hp.0000000000001843.