Subjective symptoms related to GSM radiation from mobile phone base stations: A cross-sectional study

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Gómez Perretta, Claudio ^a   Navarro, Enrique A ^b   Segura, Jaume ^b   Portolés, Manuel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEAR; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LOSS OF APPETITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE PHONE; NAUSEA; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY BODY FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DISEASE; SLEEP DISORDER; SPAIN; VASCULAR DISEASE; VERTIGO; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL DISORDER; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WEATHER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892598615     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003836     Document Type: Article

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