Do GSM 900MHz signals affect cerebral blood circulation? A near-infrared spectrophotometry study

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 309-322

  Wolf, Martin ^a   Haensse, Daniel ^a   Morren, Geert ^a   Froehlich, Juerg ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STATISTICAL TESTS;

BLOOD FLOW; FUNCTIONAL ACTIVATION; OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

BLOOD;

EID: 33745469356     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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