Exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields and sleep quality: A prospective cohort study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Mohler, Evelyn ^a,b   Frei, Patrizia ^a,b   Fröhlich, Jürg ^c   Braun Fahrländer, Charlotte ^a,b   Röösli, Martin ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORDLESS PHONE; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOFREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; SELF REPORT; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP QUALITY; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TELEPHONE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLEEP; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; CELLULAR PHONE; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIO WAVES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLEEP; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84862066689     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037455     Document Type: Article

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