Exposure to mobile phone electromagnetic fields and subjective symptoms: A double-blind study

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 345-348

  Cinel, Caterina ^a   Russo, Riccardo ^a   Boldini, Angela ^b   Fox, Elaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mobile phones; Radio frequency electromagnetic fields; REF exposure; Subjective symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL DETECTION; SYMPTOM; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CELLULAR PHONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 42149146042     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31816521f1     Document Type: Article

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