Outdoor and indoor sources of residential radiofrequency electromagnetic fields, personal cell phone and cordless phone use, and cognitive function in 5–6 years old children

Environmental Research

Volumn 150, Issue , 2016, Pages 364-374

  Guxens, Mònica ^a,b,c,d,e   Vermeulen, Roel ^a,f   van Eijsden, Manon ^g   Beekhuizen, Johan ^a   Vrijkotte, Tanja G M ^h   van Strien, Rob T ^g   Kromhout, Hans ^a   Huss, Anke ^a,i  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^e SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^g DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Child development; Cognition; Electromagnetic radiation; Radio waves; Wireless technology

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; COGNITION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; HEALTH RISK; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIO WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMSTERDAM NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TASK; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL STRESS; MOBILE PHONE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SMOKING; VELOCITY; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; ELECTROMAGNETISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSING; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; UTILIZATION;

AMSTERDAM [NORTH HOLLAND]; NETHERLANDS; NORTH HOLLAND;

CELL PHONES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RADIO WAVES;

EID: 84975865178     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2016.06.021     Document Type: Article

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