Effect of a 902 MHz Electromagnetic Field Emitted by Mobile Phones on Human Cognitive Function: A Replication Study

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 283-288

  Haarala, Christian ^a   Björnberg, Linda ^b,c   Ek, Maria ^a   Laine, Matti ^a,c   Revonsuo, Antti ^a   Koivisto, Mika ^a   Hämäläinen, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^c ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Accuracy on task; EMF; Human study; Reaction time; RF

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; HUMAN REACTION TIME;

ACCURACY ON TASK; COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS; COGNITIVE TASK; HUMAN STUDY; PERFORMANCE; REPLICATION STUDY; RF; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOMETRY;

ADULT; CELLULAR PHONE; COGNITION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROWAVES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0642371314     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.10105     Document Type: Article

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