Effects of cellular phone use on ear canal temperature measured by NTC thermistors

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 162-172

  Tahvanainen, Kari ^a   Niño, Juanita ^a,b   Halonen, Pirjo ^c   Kuusela, Tom ^d   Alanko, Tommi ^a   Laitinen, Tomi ^b   Länsimies, Esko ^b   Hietanen, Maila ^a   Lindholm, Harri ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d TURKU UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ear canal; GSM; Human; Radiofrequency; Temperature

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; BREATHING EXERCISE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EAR TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STUDENT T TEST; THERMISTOR; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CELLULAR PHONE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EAR CANAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIO WAVES;

EID: 34247183193     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: 1475097X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2007.00730.x     Document Type: Article

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