GSM base stations: Short-term effects on well-being

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-80

  Augner, Christoph ^a   Florian, Matthias ^a   Pauser, Gernot ^a   Oberfeld, Gerd ^b   Hacker, Gerhard W ^a  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Umweltmedizin   (Austria)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic fields; GSM base stations; Psychological effects; Questionnaires and statistics; Short term exposure

Indexed keywords

BASE STATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS;

CELLULAR PHONE BASE STATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EXPOSURE; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION BASE STATION; MOBILE COMMUNICATION BASE STATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS; QUESTIONNAIRE AND STATISTIC; RADIOFREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; SHORT-TERM EFFECTS; SHORT-TERM EXPOSURE; WELL BEING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY; WELLBEING;

EID: 58649112824     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20447     Document Type: Article

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