Note: This study found no significant biological effects under its experimental conditions. We include all studies for scientific completeness.
Subjective symptoms related to GSM radiation from mobile phone base stations: a cross-sectional study.
Gómez-Perretta C, Navarro EA, Segura J, Portolés M. · 2013
View Original AbstractLiving closer to cell phone towers increases odds of sleep problems and concentration issues by roughly 50%, even accounting for psychological concerns.
Plain English Summary
Spanish researchers reanalyzed health data from 88 people living near cell phone towers to see if proximity to the towers correlated with health symptoms. They found that people living closer to cell towers were significantly more likely to report lack of appetite, concentration problems, irritability, and sleep troubles. Even when accounting for people's fears about the towers, the association between proximity and symptoms remained statistically significant.
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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@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},
}