No effects of pulsed radio frequency electromagnetic fields on melatonin, cortisol, and selected markers of the immune system in man

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 280-287

  Radon, K ^a   Parera, D ^d   Rose, D M ^d   Jung, D ^d   Vollrath, L ^d  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Institut für Arbeits Sozial und Umweltmedizin   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d NONE

Author keywords

GSM standard; Human exposure study; Neopterin; Saliva; Salivary immunoglobulin a

Indexed keywords

CORTISOL; DIGITAL RADIO; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; RADIO WAVES;

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; GSM STANDARDS; HUMAN EXPOSURE STUDY; HUMAN EXPOSURES; NEOPTERIN; PUBLIC CONCERN; PULSED RADIO FREQUENCIES; RADIOFREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; SALIVA; SALIVARY IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ANTENNAS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MELATONIN; NEOPTERIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SALIVA; SECRETION; TIME;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MALE; MELATONIN; NEOPTERIN; RADIO WAVES; REFERENCE VALUES; SALIVA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035344136     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.51     Document Type: Article

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