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UMTS Base Station-like Exposure, Well-Being, and Cognitive Performance.
Regel SJ, Negovetic S, Roosli M, Berdinas V, Schuderer J, Huss A, Lott U, Kuster N, Achermann P. · 2006
View Original AbstractCell tower-level EMF exposure showed no effects on well-being or thinking ability in this controlled study of 117 people.
Plain English Summary
Swiss researchers exposed 117 people (including those who claimed sensitivity to electromagnetic fields) to cell tower-like radio frequency signals for 45 minutes at different intensities. They found no meaningful effects on well-being or cognitive performance at any exposure level, even among people who believed they were sensitive to EMF. The study contradicted earlier Dutch research that suggested cell tower exposure could affect well-being.
Study Details
We investigated the influence of a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) base station-like signal on well-being and cognitive performance in subjects with and without self-reported sensitivity to RF EMF.
We performed a controlled exposure experiment (45 min at an electric field strength of 0, 1, or 10 V...
In both groups, well-being and perceived field strength were not associated with actual exposure lev...
In contrast to a recent Dutch study, we could not confirm a short-term effect of UMTS base station-like exposure on well-being. The reported effects on brain functioning were marginal and may have occurred by chance. Peak spatial absorption in brain tissue was considerably smaller than during use of a mobile phone. No conclusions can be drawn regarding short-term effects of cell phone exposure or the effects of long-term base station-like exposure on human health.
Show BibTeX
@article{sj_2006_umts_base_stationlike_exposure_3329,
author = {Regel SJ and Negovetic S and Roosli M and Berdinas V and Schuderer J and Huss A and Lott U and Kuster N and Achermann P.},
title = {UMTS Base Station-like Exposure, Well-Being, and Cognitive Performance. },
year = {2006},
url = {https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1552030/},
}