Time-course of electromagnetic field effects on human performance and tympanic temperature

NeuroReport

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 161-164

  Curcio, G ^a   Ferrara, M ^b   De Gennaro, L ^a   Cristiani, R ^a   D'Inzeo, G ^a   Bertini, M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cellular phones; Cognition; Electromagnetic field; GSM; Performance; Temperature; Time course

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY TEMPERATURE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARDRUM; EARDRUM TEMPERATURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; REACTION TIME; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE EAR; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY TEMPERATURE; EAR, MIDDLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3042819717     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200401190-00031     Document Type: Article

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