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Mobile phone base stations and well-being - A meta-analysis.

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Klaps A, Ponocny I, Winker R, Kundi M, Auersperg F, Barth A. · 2015

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A meta-analysis found double-blind studies showed no effects on human well-being, while field or unblinded studies showed effects, providing evidence for nocebo effects.

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Researchers conducted a meta-analysis based on 17 studies. Double-blind studies found no effects on human well-being. Field or unblinded studies clearly showed effects on well-being. The authors concluded that this provides evidence for nocebo effects. They also stated that effects of mobile phone base stations seem unlikely, but nocebo effects occur.

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In the current paper we attempt to clarify this question by carrying out a meta-analysis which is based on the results of 17 studies.

Double-blind studies found no effects on human well-being. By contrast, field or unblinded studies c...

Taken together, the results of the meta-analysis show that the effects of mobile phone base stations seem to be rather unlikely. However, nocebo effects occur.

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Klaps A, Ponocny I, Winker R, Kundi M, Auersperg F, Barth A. (2015). Mobile phone base stations and well-being - A meta-analysis. Sci Total Environ. 544:24-30, 2015. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.11.009.
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@article{a_2015_mobile_phone_base_stations_2292,
  author = {Klaps A and Ponocny I and Winker R and Kundi M and Auersperg F and Barth A.},
  title = {Mobile phone base stations and well-being - A meta-analysis.},
  year = {2015},
  
  url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26657246/},
}
PubMed: 26657246

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Double-blind studies found no effects on human well-being.
Field or unblinded studies clearly showed effects on well-being.
The authors concluded that the results provide evidence that at least some effects are based on a nocebo effect.
The meta-analysis was based on the results of 17 studies.
They stated that whether electromagnetic fields from mobile phone base stations influence well-being depends on a person's knowledge about the presumed cause.