Cognitive and physiological responses in humans exposed to a TETRA base station signal in relation to perceived electromagnetic hypersensitivity

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-39

  Wallace, Denise ^a   Eltiti, Stacy ^a,d   Ridgewell, Anna ^a   Garner, Kelly ^a,e   Russo, Riccardo ^a   Sepulveda, Francisco ^a   Walker, Stuart ^a   Quinlan, Terence ^a   Dudley, Sandra ^b   Maung, Sithu ^c   Deeble, Roger ^a   Fox, Elaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Lensfield Medical Practice   (United Kingdom)

^d BIOLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic hypersensitivity; Electrosensitivity; Idiopathic environmental intolerance; Provocation study

Indexed keywords

BASE STATIONS; BRAIN; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

COGNITIVE RESPONSE; ELECTRO-SENSITIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC HYPERSENSITIVITY; EXPOSED TO; IDIOPATHIC ENVIRONMENTAL INTOLERANCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PROVOCATION STUDY; RADIO BASE STATION; RADIO TECHNOLOGIES; TERRESTRIAL TRUNKED RADIO;

CELLULAR TELEPHONES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ADULT; BLOOD VOLUME; COGNITION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIO WAVES; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 82555174398     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20681     Document Type: Article

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