Assessment of intermittent UMTS electromagnetic field effects on blood circulation in the human auditory region using a near-infrared system

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 40-54

  Spichtig, Sonja ^a,b   Scholkmann, Felix ^a   Chin, Lydia ^a,b   Lehmann, Hugo ^c   Wolf, Martin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Swisscom AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blood circulation; Heart rate; Human studies

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; HEART; INFRARED DEVICES; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; UNIVERSAL MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM;

BLOOD CIRCULATION; HEART-RATE; HUMAN HEAD; HUMAN STUDY; MEDIUM TERM; NEAR-INFRARED SYSTEM; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; SHORT-TERM EFFECTS; TIME-SCALES; UNIVERSAL MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MOBILE PHONE; MOTOR CORTEX; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; BLOOD CIRCULATION; CELLULAR PHONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EAR; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 82555174376     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20682     Document Type: Article

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