Mobile phones: Influence on auditory and vestibular systems;Telefones celulares: Influência nos sistemas auditivo e vestibular

Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 125-131

  Balbani, Aracy Pereira Silveira ^a,c   Montovani, Jair Cortez ^a,b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b Disciplina de Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia de Cabeça e Pescoço

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cellular phone; Hearing; Microwaves; Radio waves

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY SYSTEM; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RISK; COCHLEA DUCT; COCHLEAR NERVE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HAIR CELL; HEALTH HAZARD; HEARING AID; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERNET; MEDLINE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOBILE PHONE; NERVE CONDUCTION; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; REVIEW; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; ANIMAL; NEUROMA; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; TIME; VESTIBULE;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; CELLULAR PHONE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; RATS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH;

EID: 48849098736     PISSN: 18088694     EISSN: 18088686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1808-8694(15)30762-X     Document Type: Review

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