Electromagnetic fields produced by GSM cellular phones and heart rate variability

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 122-129

  Parazzini, Maria ^a   Ravazzani, Paolo ^a   Tognola, Gabriella ^a   Thuróczy, György ^b   Molnar, Ferenc B ^b   Sacchettini, Alessio ^c   Ardesi, Gianluca ^c   Mainardi, Luca Tommaso ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b National Research Institute for Radiobiology and Radiohygiene Budapest   (Hungary)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

ECG; EMF exposure; Frequency domain analysis; Human studies; Rest to stand; Time domain analysis

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

900 MHZ; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS; CELLULAR PHONE; EMF EXPOSURE; FREQUENCY-DOMAIN ANALYSIS; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN STUDY; REST-TO-STAND; TIME DOMAIN; TIME-DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAMS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RR INTERVAL; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 33846695692     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20275     Document Type: Article

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