Comparison of the effects of continuous and pulsed mobile phone like RF exposure on the human EEG

Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 274-280

  Perentos, Nicholas ^a,b   Croft, R J ^b,c   McKenzie, R J ^b   Cvetkovic, D ^a,b   Cosic, I ^a,b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Australian Centre for Radiofrequency Bioeffects Research   (Australia)

^c SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alpha band; ApEn; EEG; GSM

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; MOBILE PHONES; RADIO COMMUNICATION; TELEPHONE SETS;

ALPHA BAND; APPROXIMATE ENTROPY (APEN); RADIOFREQUENCY EXPOSURE;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENTROPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOBILE PHONE; NORMAL HUMAN; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; REST; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SLEEP; VOLUNTEER; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 38649142204     PISSN: 01589938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03178437     Document Type: Article

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