Effects of an ELF (50 Hz, 1 mT) electromagnetic field (EMF) on concentration in visual attention, perception and memory including effects of EMF sensitivity

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 96-97, Issue , 1998, Pages 377-382

  Trimmel, Michael ^a   Schweiger, Elke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic fields (EMF); Environmental exposure; Memory performance; Perception; Sensitivity; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PERCEPTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HELIOTHIS ZEA VIRUS 1;

EID: 0031690964     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(98)00096-4     Document Type: Article

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