Effects of electromagnetic fields emitted by mobile phones (GSM 900 and WCDMA/UMTS) on the macrostructure of sleep

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1 PART I, 2011, Pages 73-81

  Danker Hopfe, Heidi ^a   Dorn, Hans ^a   Bahr, Achim ^b   Anderer, Peter ^c   Sauter, Cornelia ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b IMST GMBH   (Germany)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

GSM; Handset like signal; Macrostructure of sleep; RF EMF exposure; Sleep architecture; Sleep disturbance; UMTS

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN;

ADULT; ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELLULAR PHONE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79751496558     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2010.00850.x     Document Type: Article

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