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Symptoms and the use of wireless communication devices: A prospective cohort study in Swiss adolescents
Schoeni A, Roser K, Röösli M. · 2017
View Original AbstractTeen health symptoms linked to heavy phone use patterns, not radiation exposure levels, pointing to lifestyle factors as the real concern.
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Swiss researchers followed 439 adolescents for one year to see if radiofrequency radiation from mobile phones caused health symptoms like tiredness, headaches, or concentration problems. They found that symptoms were linked to heavy device usage patterns like texting frequency, but not to actual radiation exposure levels. This suggests that behavioral factors from excessive screen time, rather than the electromagnetic fields themselves, may be responsible for reported health complaints.
Study Details
We investigated whether radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) from mobile phones and other wireless devices or by the wireless device use itself due to non-radiation related factors in that context are associated with an increase in health symptom reports of adolescents in Central Switzerland.
In a prospective cohort study, 439 study participants (participation rate: 36.8%) aged 12-17 years, ...
Participation rate in the follow-up was 97% (425 participants). In both analyses, cross-sectional an...
Stronger associations between symptoms of ill health and wireless communication device use than for RF-EMF dose measures were observed. Such a result pattern does not support a causal association between RF-EMF exposure and health symptoms of adolescents but rather suggests that other aspects of extensive media use are related to symptoms.
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@article{a_2017_symptoms_and_the_use_3377,
author = {Schoeni A and Roser K and Röösli M.},
title = {Symptoms and the use of wireless communication devices: A prospective cohort study in Swiss adolescents},
year = {2017},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28113068/},
}