A study of the effects of cellular telephone microwave radiation on the auditory system in healthy men

Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 160-163

  Mora, Renzo ^a,b   Crippa, Barbara ^a   Mora, Francesco ^a   Dellepiane, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOBILE PHONE; NORMAL HUMAN; RADIATION EXPOSURE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPONTANEOUS OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; TIME;

ADULT; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; CELLULAR PHONE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; HUMANS; MALE; MICROWAVES; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34250679659     PISSN: 01455613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014556130608500311     Document Type: Article

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