Medical/biological Study (experimental study)

No short-term effects of digital mobile radio telephone on the awake human electroencephalogram. med./biol.

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Aim of study (according to author)
To study the influence of digital mobile phone on the awake EEG of healthy subjects under closed-eyes condition.

Endpoint

• effects on the neurological system: EEG

Exposure
General category: mobile communication system, GSM

Field characteristics	Parameters
900 MHz pulsed (PW) exposure duration: continuous for nearly 3.5 min	power: 8 W peak value power flux density: 0.05 mW/cm² mean value (at a distance of 40 cm)

Exposed system:
human
partial body exposure: head

Methods
Endpoint/Measurement parameters/Methodology

• effects on the neurological system: EEG (power spectrum)

Main outcome of study (according to author)
During exposure of nearly 3.5 min to the 900 MHz electromagnetic field, the authors could not detect any difference in the awake EEGs in terms of spectral power density measures.

(Study character: medical/biological study, experimental study, full/main study)

Study funded by

• Deutsche Telekom/T-Systems, Germany

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