Use of mobile and cordless phones and change in cognitive function: A prospective cohort analysis of Australian primary school children

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

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

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Cordless phone use; Mobile phone use; Primary school children

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BASELINE SURVEY; CHILD HEALTH; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT; INHIBITION; MOBILE PHONE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORDLESS PHONE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL TASK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPONSE TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; STROOP TEST; ELECTROMAGNETISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOBILE PHONE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; UTILIZATION;

AUSTRALIA;

AUSTRALIA; CELL PHONES; CHILD; COGNITION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85031012518     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12940-017-0250-4     Document Type: Article

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