Effects of everyday radiofrequency electromagnetic-field exposure on sleep quality: A cross-sectional study

Radiation Research

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 347-356

  Mohler, Evelyn ^a,b   Frei, Patrizia ^a,b   Braun Fahrländer, Charlotte ^a,b   Fröhlich, Jürg ^c   Neubauer, Georg ^d   Röösli, Martin ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHONEME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SWITZERLAND; VALIDATION PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIO WAVES; SLEEP;

EID: 77956212767     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR2153.1     Document Type: Article

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