Absence of short-term effects of UMTS exposure on the human auditory system

Radiation Research

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-97

  Parazzini, Marta ^a   Lutman, Mark E ^b   Moulin, Annie ^c   Barnel, Cécile ^c   Sliwinska Kowalska, Mariola ^d   Zmyslony, Marek ^d   Hernadi, Istvan ^e   Stefanics, Gabor ^e,f   Thuroczy, Gyorgy ^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 UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^f INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLOGY   (Hungary)

^g Frederic Joliot Curie Natl Res I   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISTORTION PRODUCT OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CELLULAR PHONE; COCHLEA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMANS; MALE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIO WAVES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73349111625     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR1870.1     Document Type: Article

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