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Mobile phone use, behavioural problems and concentration capacity in adolescents: A prospective study
Roser K, Schoeni A, Röösli M · 2016
View Original AbstractLongitudinal analyses found no consistent evidence that the use of wireless communication devices or RF-EMF exposure affects behavioral problems or concentration capacity in adolescents.
Plain English Summary
The HERMES study sample consisted of 439 Swiss adolescents aged 12–17 years. Researchers assessed behavioral problems with the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire and concentration capacity with a standardized computerized cognitive test named FAKT. Cross-sectional analyses showed behavioral problems associated with self-reported wireless device use but not operator-recorded mobile phone use, while concentration capacity was associated with both self-reported and operator-recorded exposures. Longitudinal analyses found no consistent associations between RF-EMF exposure measures and either outcome. The authors suggest information bias and reverse causality likely explain the cross-sectional findings.
Why This Matters
The study aimed to prospectively investigate whether RF-EMF emitted by mobile phones and other wireless communication devices is related to behavioral problems or concentration capacity in adolescents. Exposure measures included self-reported and operator-recorded wireless communication device use, cumulative RF-EMF brain and whole body dose, and measured personal RF-EMF exposure.
Study Details
The aim of this study is to prospectively investigate whether exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) emitted by mobile phones and other wireless communication devices is related to behavioural problems or concentration capacity in adolescents.
The HERMES (Health Effects Related to Mobile phonE use in adolescentS) study sample consisted of 439...
In the cross-sectional analyses behavioural problems were associated with several self-reported wire...
The lack of consistent exposure-response patterns in the longitudinal analyses suggests that behavioural problems and concentration capacity are not affected by the use of wireless communication devices or RF-EMF exposure. Information bias and reverse causality are likely explanations for the observed cross-sectional findings.
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@article{k_2016_mobile_phone_use_behavioural_2801,
author = {Roser K and Schoeni A and Röösli M},
title = {Mobile phone use, behavioural problems and concentration capacity in adolescents: A prospective study},
year = {2016},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1438463916300645},
}