A 50-Hz electromagnetic field impairs sleep

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 77-81

  Åkerstedt, Torbjörn ^a,c   Arnetz, Bengt ^a   Ficca, Gianluca ^d   Paulsson, Lars Erik ^b   Kallner, Anders ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Radiation Protection Authority   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Box 230 17177 ^*

Author keywords

EMF; Melatonin; Slow wave sleep; TST

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; MELATONIN; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; SLEEP; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROLACTIN; SLEEP DISORDERS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0033021704     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2869.1999.00100.x     Document Type: Article

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