Biological effects of electromagnetic fields at mobile phone frequencies on sleep: Current state of knowledge from laboratory studies

Somnologie

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 192-198

  Danker Hopfe, Heidi ^a   Dorn, Hans ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic fields; Laboratory studies; Mobile phones; NREM sleep; REM sleep; Sleep

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MOBILE PHONE; PEER REVIEW; REVIEW; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP STAGE;

EID: 28444483885     PISSN: 14329123     EISSN: 1439054X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-054X.2005.00070.x     Document Type: Review

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