Use of wireless telephones and serum S100B levels: A descriptive cross-sectional study among healthy Swedish adults aged 18-65 years

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 798-805

  Söderqvist, Fredrik ^a   Carlberg, Michael ^b   Hardell, Lennart ^b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Blood brain barrier; Cordless phones; Mobile phones; Radiofrequency fields; S100B

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BODY FLUIDS; CORDLESS TELEPHONES; OPERATING ROOMS; PACKET NETWORKS; POPULATION STATISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELEPHONE SETS;

BLOOD SAMPLES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORDLESS PHONES; ELEVATED LEVELS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIOS; PROTEIN LEVELS; RADIOFREQUENCY FIELDS; RESPONSE RATES; S100B; WIRELESS PHONES;

TELEPHONE;

PROTEIN S100B;

BIOMARKER; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SERUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CELLULAR PHONE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIO WAVES; RISK ASSESSMENT; S100 PROTEINS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 56949098013     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.09.051     Document Type: Article

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