Effects of UMTS cellular phones on human hearing: Results of the European project "eMFnEAR"

Radiation Research

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 244-251

  Parazzini, Marta ^a   Sibella, Federica ^a   Lutman, Mark E ^b   Mishra, Srikanta ^b   Moulin, Annie ^c   Sliwinska Kowalska, Mariola ^d   Woznicka, Ewelina ^d   Politanski, Piotr ^d   Zmyslony, Marek ^d   Thuroczy, Gyorgy ^e   Molnr, Ferenc ^e   Kubinyi, Gyrgyi ^e   Tavartkiladze, George ^f   Bronyakin, Stanislav ^f   Uloziene, Ingrida ^g   Uloza, Virgijlius ^g   Gradauskiene, Egle ^g   Ravazzani, Paolo ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^e National Research Institute for Radiobiology and Radiohygiene Budapest   (Hungary)

^f Research Centre for Audiology and Hearing Rehabilitation   (Russian Federation)

^g KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTORTION PRODUCT OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; ADOLESCENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; HEARING TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CELLULAR PHONE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; RADIATION DOSAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349313486     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR1679.1     Document Type: Article

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