Effects of radiation emitted by WCDMA mobile phones on electromagnetic hypersensitive subjects

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Kwon, Min Kyung ^a   Choi, Joon Yul ^a   Kim, Sung Kean ^a,b   Yoo, Tae Keun ^a   Kim, Deok Won ^a,b  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

EMF perception; HRV; Physiological changes; Provocation; Subjective symptoms

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BLURRED VISION; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC HYPERSENSITIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EXHAUSTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIGRAINE; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SHAM PROCEDURE; SLEEP DISORDER; VERTIGO; WIDEBAND CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS MOBILE PHONE;

ADULT; CELLULAR PHONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROWAVES; PERCEPTION; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RESPIRATORY RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867213278     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-11-69     Document Type: Article

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