Note: This study found no significant biological effects under its experimental conditions. We include all studies for scientific completeness.
Effect of Short-Term Mobile Phone Base Station Exposure on Cognitive Performance, Body Temperature, Heart Rate and Blood Pressure of Malaysians
Malek F, Rani KA, Rahim HA, Omar MH · 2015
View Original AbstractShort-term exposure at 1 V/m to GSM and UMTS base station signals produced no statistically significant differences in cognitive performance or physiological measures compared with sham exposure in either sensitive or non-sensitive individuals.
Plain English Summary
The study aimed to determine whether short-term exposure at 1 V/m to typical GSM and UMTS signals affects cognitive performance and physiological parameters. The sample included 200 subjects, with 50.0% reporting idiopathic environmental intolerance attributed to electromagnetic fields (IEI-EMF) and 50.0% non-IEI-EMF. No statistically significant differences were found between real exposure and sham exposure for cognitive performance or physiological effects in either group (P’s > 0.05).
Why This Matters
Cognitive performance was measured with the computer-administered Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB eclipseTM). Four CANTAB tests were selected: Reaction Time (RTI), Rapid Visual Processing (RVP), Paired Associates Learning (PAL) and Spatial Span (SSP). Physiological parameters were analyzed using paired sample t-tests.
Exposure Details
- Power Density
- 28,25 and 38 mW/cm²
- Electric Field
- 1 V/m
- Source/Device
- 945 MHz,1,840 MHz and 2,140 MHz
Exposure Context
This study used 28,25 and 38 mW/cm² for radio frequency:
- 2,500Mx above the Building Biology guideline of 0.1 μW/m²
- 41.7Mx above the BioInitiative Report recommendation of 0.0006 μW/cm²
This study used 1 V/m for electric fields:
- 3.3x above the Building Biology guideline of 0.3 V/m
Building Biology guidelines are practitioner-based limits from real-world assessments. BioInitiative Report recommendations are based on peer-reviewed science. Check Your Exposure to compare your own measurements.
Where This Falls on the Concern Scale
Study Details
The aim of this study is to clarify whether short-term exposure at 1 V/m to the typical Global System for Mobile Communication and Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) affects cognitive performance and physiological parameters (body temperature, blood pressure and heart rate).
This study applies counterbalanced randomizing single blind tests to determine if sensitive individu...
Generally, in both groups, there is no statistical significant difference between the exposure and s...
Show BibTeX
@article{f_2015_effect_of_shortterm_mobile_2783,
author = {Malek F and Rani KA and Rahim HA and Omar MH},
title = {Effect of Short-Term Mobile Phone Base Station Exposure on Cognitive Performance, Body Temperature, Heart Rate and Blood Pressure of Malaysians},
year = {2015},
url = {https://www.nature.com/articles/srep13206},
}