Phantom vibration and phantom ringing among mobile phone users: A systematic review of literature

Asia-Pacific Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 231-239

  Deb, Amrita ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY HYDERABAD   (India)

Author keywords

Mobile phone; Phantom ringing; Phantom vibration; Ringxiety; Technopathology

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; HUMAN; IMAGING PHANTOM; MENTAL HEALTH; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VIBRATION; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION;

ANXIETY; CELL PHONES; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; SENSATION DISORDERS; VIBRATION;

EID: 84937124769     PISSN: 17585864     EISSN: 17585872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/appy.12164     Document Type: Review

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