Effects of GSM cellular phones on human hearing: The European project "GUARD"

Radiation Research

Volumn 168, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 608-613

  Parazzini, Marta ^a   Brazzale, Alessandra R ^a   Paglialonga, Alessia ^a   Tognola, Gabriella ^a   Collet, Lionel ^b   Moulin, Annie ^b   Lutman, Mark E ^c   Bell, Steven L ^c   Thomas, Nathan A ^c   Uloziene, Ingrida ^d   Uloza, Virgijlius ^d   Thuroczy, Gyorgy ^e   Tavartkiladze, George ^f   Tsalighopoulos, Miltos ^g   Kyriafinis, Giorgio ^g   Ravazzani, Paolo ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

^e Department of Nonionizing Radiation   (Hungary)

^f Research Centre for Audiology and Hearing Rehabilitation   (Russian Federation)

^g AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOBILE PHONE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STIMULUS RESPONSE; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING TEST; MALE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CELLULAR PHONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROWAVES; RADIATION DOSAGE;

EID: 34848865776     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR1020.1     Document Type: Article

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