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Do signals of a hand-held TETRA transmitter affect cognitive performance, well-being, mood or somatic complaints in healthy young men? Results of a randomized double-blind cross-over provocation study.
Sauter C, Eggert T, Dorn H, Schmid G, Bolz T, Marasanov A, Hansen ML, Peter A, Danker-Hopfe H · 2015
View Original AbstractThe study found no negative impact of short-term TETRA exposure on cognitive function and well-being in healthy young men.
Plain English Summary
Researchers conducted a double-blind cross-over study with 30 healthy young men exposed to TETRA signals at 1.5 W/kg and 6.0 W/kg and sham. Exposure lasted 2.5 hours at 385 MHz with specific absorption rates of 1.5 and 6.0 W/kg. Attention was unchanged in two of three tasks, while working memory showed significant changes in two of four subtasks. 5 out of 35 tested parameters showed significant results, four of which indicated improved performance. Mood, well-being, and subjective somatic complaints were not affected by TETRA exposure.
Why This Matters
The study aimed to investigate acute effects of two TETRA signal levels on cognitive function and well-being. The researchers concluded that short-term TETRA exposure did not negatively affect cognitive function or well-being.
Exposure Details
- SAR
- 1.5 and 6 W/kg
- Source/Device
- TETRA 385 MHz
- Exposure Duration
- 2.5 h
Exposure Context
This study used 1.5 and 6 W/kg for SAR (device absorption):
- 3.8x above the Building Biology guideline of 0.4 W/kg
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Where This Falls on the Concern Scale
Study Details
To investigate possible acute effects of electromagnetic fields (EMF) of two different levels of TETRA hand-held transmitter signals on cognitive function and well-being in healthy young males.
In the present double-blind cross-over study possible effects of short-term (2.5 h) EMF exposure of ...
Attention remained unchanged in two out of three tasks. In the working memory significant changes we...
The results of the present study do not indicate a negative impact of a short-term EMF-effect of TETRA on cognitive function and well-being in healthy young men.
Show BibTeX
@article{c_2015_do_signals_of_a_2805,
author = {Sauter C and Eggert T and Dorn H and Schmid G and Bolz T and Marasanov A and Hansen ML and Peter A and Danker-Hopfe H},
title = {Do signals of a hand-held TETRA transmitter affect cognitive performance, well-being, mood or somatic complaints in healthy young men? Results of a randomized double-blind cross-over provocation study.},
year = {2015},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0013935115000997},
}