Assessment of potential short-term effects of intermittent UMTS electromagnetic fields on blood circulation in an exploratory study, using near-infrared imaging

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 737, Issue , 2012, Pages 83-88

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

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Swisscom AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVERSAL MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD;

ADULT; BRAIN; CELLULAR PHONE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; OXYHEMOGLOBINS;

EID: 84856252577     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-1566-4_13     Document Type: Article

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