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Effect of electromagnetic field emitted by cellular phones on fetal heart rate patterns.
Celik O, Hascalik S. · 2004
View Original AbstractBrief cell phone exposure showed no immediate fetal heart rate changes, but this doesn't address longer-term developmental risks from daily EMF exposure.
Plain English Summary
Turkish researchers exposed 40 pregnant women to cell phone radiation for 5 minutes each in standby and dialing modes while monitoring fetal heart rates. They found no measurable changes in the babies' heart rate patterns, accelerations, or decelerations compared to periods without phone exposure. This suggests that brief cell phone exposure during pregnancy may not immediately affect fetal heart function.
Study Details
The study was planned to determine the effects of electromagnetic fields produced by cellular phones on baseline fetal heart rate, acceleration and deceleration.
Forty pregnant women undergoing non-stress test were admitted to the study. Non-stress test was obta...
Electromagnetic fields produced by cellular phones do not cause any demonstrable affect in fetal hea...
Show BibTeX
@article{o_2004_effect_of_electromagnetic_field_2965,
author = {Celik O and Hascalik S.},
title = {Effect of electromagnetic field emitted by cellular phones on fetal heart rate patterns.},
year = {2004},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14687739/},
}