Sleep disturbances in the vicinity of the short-wave broadcast transmitter Schwarzenburg

Somnologie

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 203-209

  Abelin, Theodor ^a,b   Altpeter, Ekkehardt ^a,b   Röösli, Martin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Field study; Insomnia; Melatonin; Psychovegetative symptoms; Radio frequency; Sleep disturbance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; ORGANIC PSYCHOSYNDROME; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 28444451480     PISSN: 14329123     EISSN: 1439054X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-054X.2005.00072.x     Document Type: Review

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