Short-term exposure to mobile phone base station signals does not affect cognitive functioning or physiological measures in individuals who report sensitivity to electromagnetic fields and controls

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 556-563

  Eltiti, Stacy ^a   Wallace, Denise ^b   Ridgewell, Anna ^b   Zougkou, Konstantina ^b   Russo, Riccardo ^b   Sepulveda, Francisco ^b   Fox, Elaine ^b  

^a BIOLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive functioning; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic hypersensitivity; Idiopathic environmental intolerance; Mobile phone base station

Indexed keywords

BASE STATIONS; CELLULAR TELEPHONES; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; UNIVERSAL MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM;

COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING; COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC HYPERSENSITIVITY; IDIOPATHIC ENVIRONMENTAL INTOLERANCE; MATCHED CONTROLS; MOBILE PHONE BASE STATIONS; MOBILE PHONE TECHNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASURES; SHORT-TERM EXPOSURE; UNIVERSAL MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TELECOMMUNICATION;

BRAIN; CELLULAR PHONE; COGNITION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROWAVES; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION TOLERANCE; SENSATION;

EID: 70249150348     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20504     Document Type: Article

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