Examining the effects of electromagnetic fields emitted by GSM mobile phones on human event-related potentials and performance during an auditory task

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 171-178

  Hamblin, Denise L ^a   Wood, Andrew W ^a   Croft, Rodney J ^a   Stough, Con ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic field; Event related potential; Mobile phone; Performance; Pilot study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBJECT RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REACTION TIME; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0346729736     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(03)00313-4     Document Type: Article

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