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Subjective symptoms related to GSM radiation from mobile phone base stations: a cross-sectional study.

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Gómez-Perretta C, Navarro EA, Segura J, Portolés M. · 2013

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The study found that lack of appetite, lack of concentration, irritability, and trouble sleeping were most related to exposure from mobile phone base stations.

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Researchers re-analyzed data from a 2003 study on health symptoms related to microwave exposure from mobile phone base stations. They used binary logistic regression with bootstrapping to model symptoms as a function of exposure. The symptoms most related to exposure were lack of appetite, lack of concentration, irritability, and trouble sleeping. Concerns about base stations were strongly related to trouble sleeping. The exposure variable remained statistically significant in multivariate analysis.

Why This Matters

The study confirmed earlier findings that symptom incidence was related to exposure levels independently of demographic variables and some possible risk factors. Concerns about adverse effects from exposure were strongly related to sleep disturbances but did not influence the direct association between exposure and sleep. Participants with known illness were excluded, leaving 88 participants for analysis instead of the original 101.

Study Details

We performed a re-analysis of the data from Navarro et al (2003) in which health symptoms related to microwave exposure from mobile phone base stations (BSs) were explored, including data obtained in a retrospective inquiry about fear of exposure from BSs.

Participants with known illness in 2003 were subsequently disregarded: 88 participants instead of 10...

A statistical method indifferent to the assumption of normality was employed: namely, binary logisti...

This study confirms our preliminary results. We observed that the incidence of most of the symptoms was related to exposure levels-independently of the demographic variables and some possible risk factors. Concerns about adverse effects from exposure, despite being strongly related with sleep disturbances, do not influence the direct association between exposure and sleep.

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Gómez-Perretta C, Navarro EA, Segura J, Portolés M. (2013). Subjective symptoms related to GSM radiation from mobile phone base stations: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 3(12):e003836, 2013. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003836.
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@article{c_2013_subjective_symptoms_related_to_3041,
  author = {Gómez-Perretta C and Navarro EA and Segura J and Portolés M.},
  title = {Subjective symptoms related to GSM radiation from mobile phone base stations: a cross-sectional study.},
  year = {2013},
  
  url = {https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/3/12/e003836.short},
}

Quick Questions About This Study

The symptoms most related to exposure were lack of appetite, lack of concentration, irritability, and trouble sleeping.
Concerns about base stations were strongly related to trouble sleeping, with an odds ratio of 3.12.
The exposure variable remained statistically significant in the multivariate analysis. Symptom incidence was related to exposure levels independently of demographic variables and some possible risk factors.
Participants with known illness were excluded, leaving 88 participants for analysis instead of the original 101.
Because weather circumstances can influence exposure, the researchers restricted data to measurements made under similar weather conditions.