Effects of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields on the human nervous system

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part B: Critical Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 572-597

  Van Rongen, Eric ^a   Croft, Rodney ^b   Juutilainen, Jukka ^c   Lagroye, Isabelle ^d   Miyakoshi, Junji ^e   Saunders, Richard ^f   De Seze, René ^g   Tenforde, Thomas ^h   Verschaeve, Luc ⁱ   Veyret, Bernard ^j   Xu, Zhengping ^k  

^a Health Council of the Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^e Division of Medical Life Sciences   (Japan)

^f PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^g INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

^h NATIONAL COUNCIL ON RADIATION PROTECTION AND MEASUREMENTS   (United States)

ⁱ SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^j UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^k ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AUDITORY SYSTEM; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; TELECOMMUNICATION; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MOBILE PHONE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RISK FACTOR; VESTIBULE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRAIN; CELLULAR PHONE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; RADIO WAVES; RISK FACTORS; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH;

EID: 77949320147     PISSN: 10937404     EISSN: 15216950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10937400903458940     Document Type: Review

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