Human short-term exposure to electromagnetic fields emitted by mobile phones decreases computer-assisted visual reaction time

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 171-175

  Mortazavi, S M J ^a,b   Rouintan, M S ^b   Taeb, S ^b   Dehghan, N ^c   Ghaffarpanah, A A ^b   Sadeghi, Z ^b   Ghafouri, F ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic field; Mobile phone; Reaction time; University students

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOBILE PHONE; NORMAL HUMAN; REACTION TIME; RISK ASSESSMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VISUAL REACTION TIME; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84863575981     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: 22402993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13760-012-0044-y     Document Type: Article

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