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Cohort study on the effects of everyday life radio frequency electromagnetic field exposure on non-specific symptoms and tinnitus.Environ Int. 38(1):29-36, 2012
Frei P, Mohler E, Braun-Fahrländer C, Fröhlich J, Neubauer G, Röösli M; QUALIFEX-team. · 2012
View Original AbstractThis Swiss study found no link between everyday RF radiation and common symptoms like headaches or tinnitus in over 1,300 people.
Plain English Summary
Swiss researchers followed 1,375 people for one year to see if everyday radiofrequency radiation from cell phones and broadcast towers caused symptoms like headaches, fatigue, or ringing in the ears (tinnitus). They used sophisticated models to measure both environmental RF exposure and phone usage patterns. The study found no association between RF exposure levels and these health complaints, even among people with the highest exposure levels.
Study Details
The objective of this study was to investigate the association between RF-EMF exposure and non-specific symptoms and tinnitus in a prospective cohort study.
In 2008, 1375 randomly selected participants from Basel, Switzerland, were enrolled in a questionnai...
For participants in the top decile of environmental far-field RF-EMF exposure at baseline, in compar...
In this first cohort study using objective and well-validated RF-EMF exposure measures, we did not observe an association between RF-EMF exposure and non-specific symptoms or tinnitus.
Show BibTeX
@article{p_2012_cohort_study_on_the_3028,
author = {Frei P and Mohler E and Braun-Fahrländer C and Fröhlich J and Neubauer G and Röösli M; QUALIFEX-team.},
title = {Cohort study on the effects of everyday life radio frequency electromagnetic field exposure on non-specific symptoms and tinnitus.Environ Int. 38(1):29-36, 2012},
year = {2012},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21982030/},
}