Memory performance, wireless communication and exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields: A prospective cohort study in adolescents

Environment International

Volumn 85, Issue , 2015, Pages 343-351

  Schoeni, Anna ^a,b   Roser, Katharina ^a,b   Röösli, Martin ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Memory performance; Mobile phone use; RF EMF dose

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; RADIO;

ADOLESCENTS; CUMULATIVE EXPOSURES; CUMULATIVE OPERATORS; MEMORY PERFORMANCE; MOBILE PHONE USE; RADIO FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; RF-EMF DOSE; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

CELLULAR TELEPHONES;

ADOLESCENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MODELING;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; FIGURAL MEMORY TASK; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KAPPA STATISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY TEST; MOBILE PHONE; OPERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOFREQUENCY; TEXT MESSAGING; VERBAL MEMORY TEST; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; HEALTH; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SWITZERLAND; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; CELL PHONES; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIO WAVES; RURAL HEALTH; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWITZERLAND; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84944192740     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2015.09.025     Document Type: Article

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