Effects of the acute exposure to the electromagnetic field of mobile phones on human auditory brainstem responses

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 262, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 839-843

  Oysu, Cagatay ^a,c   Topak, Murat ^b   Celik, Oner ^b   Yilmaz, H Baki ^b   Sahin, A Asli ^b  

^a Haydarpasa Numune State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Taksim State Hospital   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Auditory brainstem responses; Biological effects; Cellular phone radiation; Electromagnetic field

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EVALUATION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOBILE PHONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CELLULAR PHONE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 27744470575     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-004-0900-3     Document Type: Article

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