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 3G-like cell phone radiation before bedtime showed no detectable effects on sleep quality in this small study.
Plain English Summary
Japanese researchers exposed 19 volunteers to cell phone radiation similar to 3G networks for 3 hours before bedtime, then monitored their sleep using brain wave recordings and morning questionnaires. They found no differences in sleep quality, brain wave patterns, or how rested people felt the next morning between real radiation exposure and fake exposure sessions. This suggests that 3-hour exposures to this type of cell phone radiation don't measurably disrupt human sleep patterns.
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.
Show BibTeX
@article{s_2013_effects_of_electromagnetic_fields_3264,
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},
}