Effects of Electromagnetic Field Emitted by Cellular Phones on the EEG during an Auditory Memory Task: A Double Blind Replication Study

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-40

  Krause, Christina M ^a,b   Haarala, Christian ^b   Sillanmäki, Lauri ^b   Koivisto, Mika ^b   Alanko, Katarina ^b,c   Revonsuo, Antti ^b   Laine, Matti ^b,c   Hämäläinen, Heikki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Electroencephalogram; ERD ERS; GSM mobile phones; Memory; Radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS;

AUDITORY MEMORY; CELLULAR PHONE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EXPOSURE; EVENT RELATED DESYNCHRONIZATION/SYNCHRONIZATION; EVENT-RELATED DESYNCHRONIZATION; GSM MOBILE PHONE; GSM MOBILES; PERFORMANCE; RADIOFREQUENCIES; REPLICATION STUDY;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MEMORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 1842633731     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.10143     Document Type: Article

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