The effect of mobile phone electromagnetic fields on the alpha rhythm of human electroencephalogram

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-10

  Croft, R J ^a,b   Hamblin, D L ^a,b   Spong, J ^a   Wood, A W ^a,b   McKenzie, R J ^b   Stough, C ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Australian Centre for Radiofrequency Bioeffects Research (ACRBR)   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute exposure; Alpha power; EEG; GSM900

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

ACUTE EXPOSURE; ALPHA POWER; ALPHA-RHYTHM; CROSSOVER DESIGN; FUNCTION OF TIME; GSM-900; HUMAN ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; NEURAL FUNCTIONS; NON-PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS; POWER;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TIME;

EID: 37849043416     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20352     Document Type: Article

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