Note: This study found no significant biological effects under its experimental conditions. We include all studies for scientific completeness.
Exposure to mobile phone electromagnetic fields and subjective symptoms: a double-blind study
Cinel C, Russo R, Boldini A, Fox E · 2008
View Original AbstractThis rigorous study of 496 people found no consistent evidence that 40-minute mobile phone exposures cause subjective symptoms.
Plain English Summary
Researchers tested whether 40-minute exposures to mobile phone radiation caused symptoms like headaches, dizziness, or fatigue in 496 volunteers using a double-blind design where neither participants nor researchers knew when real versus fake signals were used. They found no consistent evidence that phone radiation caused subjective symptoms, with only one isolated finding of increased dizziness in one group that wasn't replicated in the other test groups. The study suggests that acute mobile phone exposure doesn't reliably produce the symptoms some people report.
Study Details
The objective of this study was to examine whether acute exposure to radio frequency electromagnetic fields (REFs) emitted by mobile phone may affect subjective symptoms
Three large groups of volunteers (total 496) were exposed to REFs emitted by mobile phones in one se...
For one group of participants (N = 160), it was found that dizziness was affected by GSM exposure, b...
We did not find consistent evidence suggesting that exposure to mobile phone REFs affect subjective symptoms. Even though we acknowledge that more research is needed, we believe that our results give an important contribution to the research on mobile phone use and subjective symptoms
Show BibTeX
@article{c_2008_exposure_to_mobile_phone_2741,
author = {Cinel C and Russo R and Boldini A and Fox E},
title = {Exposure to mobile phone electromagnetic fields and subjective symptoms: a double-blind study},
year = {2008},
url = {https://journals.lww.com/psychosomaticmedicine/Abstract/2008/04000/Exposure_to_Mobile_Phone_Electromagnetic_Fields.11.aspx},
}