Does exposure to environmental radiofrequency electromagnetic fields cause cognitive and behavioral effects in 10-year-old boys?

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 25-36

  Calvente , Irene ^a   Pérez Lobato, Rocío ^a   Núñez, María Isabel ^a,b,c   Ramos, Rosa ^a   Guxens, Mònica ^c,d,e   Villalba, Juan ^b   Olea, Nicolás ^a,b,c   Fernández, Mariana F ^a,b,c  

^a Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Behavior effects; Childhood; Cognitive effects; Exposure; Power density; RF measurements

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; IONIZING RADIATION; RADIATION EFFECTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BEHAVIOR EFFECT; BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS; CHILDHOOD; COGNITIVE EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE; NEUROBEHAVIOURAL; POWER DENSITIES; RADIOFREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; RF MEASUREMENTS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MALE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION;

BEHAVIOR; CHILD; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MALE; RADIO WAVES;

EID: 84962721266     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.21951     Document Type: Article

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