Pulsed radio frequency radiation affects cognitive performance and the waking electroencephalogram

NeuroReport

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 803-807

  Regel, Sabine J ^a   Gottselig, Julie M ^a   Schuderer, Jürgen ^b   Tinguely, Gilberte ^a   Rétey, Julia V ^a   Kuster, Niels ^b   Landolt, Hans Peter ^a   Achermann, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN SOCIETY IT IS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; EEG; Electromagnetic fields; Human exposure; Mobile phones; Pulse modulation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH RECORDING; COGNITION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; WAKEFULNESS; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RADIO WAVES; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 34247598889     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3280d9435e     Document Type: Article

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