Effects of short-term W-CDMA mobile phone base station exposure on women with or without mobile phone related symptoms

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 100-113

  Furubayashi, Toshiaki ^a,b   Ushiyama, Akira ^c   Terao, Yasuo ^a   Mizuno, Yoko ^a   Shirasawa, Kei ^a   Pongpaibool, Pornanong ^d   Simba, Ally Y ^d   Wake, Kanako ^d   Nishikawa, Masami ^e   Miyawaki, Kaori ^a   Yasuda, Asako ^a   Uchiyama, Mitsunori ^a   Yamashita, Hitomi Kobayashi ^a   Masuda, Hiroshi ^c   Hirota, Shogo ^c   Takahashi, Miyuki ^c   Okano, Tomoko ^a   Inomata Terada, Satomi ^a   Sokejima, Shigeru ^c   Maruyama, Eiji ^f   Watanabe, Soichi ^d   Taki, Masao ^g   Ohkubo, Chiyoji ^h   Ugawa, Yoshikazu ^a,b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e Kawamura Gakuen Woman's University   (Japan)

^f KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autonomic function analysis; Cognitive function; Electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS); Mobile phone related symptoms; Provocation study; Radiofrequency fields

Indexed keywords

BASE STATIONS; CELLULAR TELEPHONES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

AUTONOMIC FUNCTION; AUTONOMIC FUNCTION ANALYSE; COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EXPOSURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC HYPERSENSITIVITY; FUNCTION ANALYSIS; MOBILE PHONE RELATED SYMPTOM; PROVOCATION STUDY; RADIO FREQUENCY FIELDS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELLULAR PHONE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME;

EID: 63149088945     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20446     Document Type: Article

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