Cognitive effects of radiation emitted by cellular phones: The influence of exposure side and time

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 198-204

  Luria, Roy I ^a,b   Eliyahu, Ilan ^c   Hareuveny, Ronen ^c   Margaliot, Menachem ^c   Meiran, Nachshon ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c SOREQ NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cellular phone; Electromagnetic radiation; GSM; Response times; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONES; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; RADIATION EFFECTS;

CELLULAR PHONE; COGNITIVE EFFECTS; COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS; EXPOSED TO; EXPOSURE CONDITIONS; RADIO FREQUENCY RADIATION; RESPONSE TIME; RIGHT HANDED; SPATIAL MEMORY; TIME DEPENDENCE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RESPONSE TIME; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 65249086282     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20458     Document Type: Article

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