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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 AbstractOne-year study of 439 teens found no lasting connection between mobile phone use and behavioral or concentration problems.
Plain English Summary
Swiss researchers followed 439 adolescents for one year to see if cell phone use affected their behavior and concentration. While they found some connections in initial snapshots, these links disappeared when tracking the teens over time. The study concludes that mobile phone radiation doesn't cause behavioral problems or concentration issues in teenagers.
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},
}