Psychophysiological tests and provocation of subjects with mobile phone related symptoms

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 204-214

  Wilén, Jonna ^a   Johansson, Amanda ^a   Kalezic, Nebojsa ^b   Lyskov, Eugene ^b   Sandström, Monica ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autonomous nervous system; Cellular phones; Cognitive; Neurophysiological; Radiofrequency exposure

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; HEART; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

AUTONOMOUS NERVOUS SYSTEMS; CELLULAR PHONE; COGNITIVE; EXPOSURE CONDITIONS; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; RADIO FREQUENCY FIELDS; RADIO-FREQUENCY EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; SUBJECTIVE SYMPTOMS;

CELLULAR TELEPHONES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD FLOW; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 33645743537     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20195     Document Type: Article

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