Neurobehavioral effects among inhabitants around mobile phone base stations

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 434-440

  Abdel Rassoul, G ^a   El Fateh, O Abou ^a   Salem, M Abou ^a   Michael, A ^a   Farahat, F ^a   El Batanouny, M ^a   Salem, E ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine ^*  (Egypt)

Author keywords

Mobile phone base stations; Neurobehavioral effects; Radiofrequency radiations (RFR)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MEMORY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIZZINESS; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PERSONALITY TEST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SLEEP DISORDER; TREMOR; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELLULAR PHONE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DIZZINESS; EGYPT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIO WAVES; REACTION TIME; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SLEEP; TREMOR;

EID: 34249720940     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2006.07.012     Document Type: Article

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