Mobile phone headache: A double blind, sham-controlled provocation study

Cephalalgia

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 447-455

  Oftedal, G ^a   Straume, A ^a   Johnsson, A ^a   Stovner, L J ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Headache; Heart rate; Mobile phone; Radio frequency electromagnetic fields

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PROVOCATION TEST; RADIOFREQUENCY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CELLULAR PHONE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROWAVES; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PLACEBO EFFECT; RADIATION INJURIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34247378723     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2007.01336.x     Document Type: Article

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