Note: This study found no significant biological effects under its experimental conditions. We include all studies for scientific completeness.
Effects of electromagnetic fields emitted from W-CDMA-like mobile phones on sleep in humans.
Nakatani-Enomoto S, Furubayashi T, Ushiyama A, Groiss SJ, Ueshima K, Sokejima S, Simba AY, Wake K, Watanabe SI, Nishikawa M, Miyawaki K, Taki M, Ugawa Y. · 2013
View Original AbstractThree hours of cell phone-like EMF exposure before bedtime showed no detectable sleep disruption in this small study.
Plain English Summary
Japanese researchers exposed 19 volunteers to cell phone-like electromagnetic fields for 3 hours before bedtime to see if it affected their sleep quality. They found no significant differences in how well people slept, how they felt the next morning, or their brain wave patterns during sleep compared to fake exposure. This suggests that 3-hour EMF exposure from mobile phone technology doesn't detectably disrupt normal sleep.
Study Details
In this study, we investigated subjective and objective effects of mobile phones using a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (W‐CDMA)‐like system on human sleep.
Subjects were 19 volunteers. Real or sham electromagnetic field (EMF) exposures for 3 h were perform...
No significant differences were observed between the two conditions in subjective feelings. Sleep pa...
We conclude that continuous wave EMF exposure for 3 h from a W‐CDMA‐like system has no detectable effects on human sleep.
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@article{s_2013_effects_of_electromagnetic_fields_2786,
author = {Nakatani-Enomoto S and Furubayashi T and Ushiyama A and Groiss SJ and Ueshima K and Sokejima S and Simba AY and Wake K and Watanabe SI and Nishikawa M and Miyawaki K and Taki M and Ugawa Y. },
title = {Effects of electromagnetic fields emitted from W-CDMA-like mobile phones on sleep in humans.},
year = {2013},
doi = {10.1002/bem.21809},
url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/bem.21809},
}