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Effects of weak mobile Phone-Electromagnetic fields (GSM, UMTS) on well-being and resting EEG.

No Effects Found

Kleinlogel H, Dierks T, Koenig T, Lehmann H, Minder A, Berz R · 2008

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This study found no immediate brain wave changes during single mobile phone exposures, but doesn't address long-term health effects.

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Researchers exposed 15 healthy adults to electromagnetic fields from both GSM (2G) and UMTS (3G) mobile phones while measuring their brain activity with EEG and asking about their well-being. They found no significant changes in brain wave patterns or reported symptoms compared to fake (sham) exposure. The study suggests that typical mobile phone radiation levels don't produce detectable immediate effects on brain activity in healthy users.

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The aim of this study is to investigate Effects of weak mobile Phone-Electromagnetic fields (GSM, UMTS) on well-being and resting EEG.

we tested the effects of both types of EMF, 1950 MHz UMTS (SAR 0.1 and 1 W/kg) and pulsed 900 MHz GS...

Neither the UMTS- nor the GSM-EMF produced any significant changes in the measured parameters compar...

The results do not give any evidence for a deleterious effect of the EMF on normal healthy mobile phone users.

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Kleinlogel H, Dierks T, Koenig T, Lehmann H, Minder A, Berz R (2008). Effects of weak mobile Phone-Electromagnetic fields (GSM, UMTS) on well-being and resting EEG. Bioelectromagnetics. 29(6):479-487, 2008.
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@article{h_2008_effects_of_weak_mobile_3145,
  author = {Kleinlogel H and Dierks T and Koenig T and Lehmann H and Minder A and Berz R},
  title = {Effects of weak mobile Phone-Electromagnetic fields (GSM, UMTS) on well-being and resting EEG.},
  year = {2008},
  
  url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18431738/},
}

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Researchers exposed 15 healthy adults to electromagnetic fields from both GSM (2G) and UMTS (3G) mobile phones while measuring their brain activity with EEG and asking about their well-being. They found no significant changes in brain wave patterns or reported symptoms compared to fake (sham) exposure. The study suggests that typical mobile phone radiation levels don't produce detectable immediate effects on brain activity in healthy users.