Heavy metal exposure in patients suffering from electromagnetic hypersensitivity

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 774-778

  Ghezel Ahmadi, David ^a   Engel, Alice ^a   Weidemann, Jörg ^a   Budnik, Lygia Therese ^b   Baur, Xaver ^b   Frick, Ulrich ^c,d   Hauser, Simone ^c   Dahmen, Norbert ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d CARINTHIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cadmium; EHS (electromagnetic hypersensitivity); Heavy metal load; Lead; Mercury

Indexed keywords

EHS (ELECTROMAGNETIC HYPERSENSITIVITY); ELECTROMAGNETIC DEVICES; ELECTROMAGNETIC HYPERSENSITIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

CADMIUM; DETOXIFICATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETS; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL);

METALS;

CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY;

BLOOD; CADMIUM; DETOXIFICATION; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LEAD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC HYPERSENSITIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

BODY BURDEN; CADMIUM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LEAD; MALE; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 71849114325     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.11.023     Document Type: Article

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