Republished review: Systematic review and meta-analysis of psychomotor effects of mobile phone electromagnetic fields

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 1031, 2011, Pages 643-651

  Valentini, Elia ^a   Ferrara, Michele ^b   Presaghi, Fabio ^a   de Gennaro, Luigi ^a   Curcio, Giuseppe ^b,c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c Casa di Cura 'S Raffaele'   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MOBILE PHONE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; PUBLISHING; RESPONSE TIME; REVIEW; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELLULAR PHONE; COGNITION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 80052066663     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2009.047027rep     Document Type: Review

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