No effect of an UMTS mobile phone-like electromagnetic field of 1.97 GHz on human attention and reaction time

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 145-153

  Unterlechner, Manuela ^a   Sauter, Cornelia ^a   Schmid, Gernot ^b   Zeitlhofer, Josef ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Mobile phone; Reaction time; UMTS

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HELICAL ANTENNAS;

COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS; CONDITION; ELECTROMAGNETIC EMISSIONS; EXPOSURE CONDITIONS; EXPOSURE LEVEL; GSM PHONES; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HIGH EXPOSURES; HUMAN ATTENTION; HUMAN REACTION;

CELLULAR TELEPHONES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SIGNAL DETECTION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 38949206320     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20374     Document Type: Article

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