Use of mobile and cordless phones and cognition in Australian primary school children: A prospective cohort study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Redmayne, Mary ^a   Smith, Catherine L ^a   Benke, Geza ^a   Croft, Rodney J ^a,b   Dalecki, Anna ^b   Dimitriadis, Christina ^a   Kaufman, Jordy ^c   MacLeod, Skye ^b   Sim, Malcolm R ^a   Wolfe, Rory ^a   Abramson, Michael J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Cognition; Cordless phone; Episodic memory; Executive ability; Mobile phone; Reactions; Spatial ability

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; CHILD; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; MEMORY; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RECOGNITION;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORDLESS PHONE; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENERAL DEVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; ATTENTION; AUSTRALIA; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; PARENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; UTILIZATION;

AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; NEW SOUTH WALES; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA]; WOLLONGONG;

ATTENTION; AUSTRALIA; CELL PHONES; CHILD; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; PARENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REACTION TIME; SCHOOLS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84959513180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12940-016-0116-1     Document Type: Article

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