title: Effect of electromagnetic field emitted by cellular phones on fetal heart rate patterns.
abstract: The study was planned to determine the effects of electromagnetic fields produced by cellular phones on baseline fetal heart rate, acceleration and deceleration. Forty pregnant women undergoing non-stress test were admitted to the study. Non-stress test was obtained while the subjects were holding the CP on stand by mode and on dialing mode, each for 5 min. Similar recordings were taken while there were no phones around for 10 min. Electromagnetic fields produced by cellular phones do not cause any demonstrable affect in fetal heart rate, acceleration and deceleration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Turgut Ozal Medical Center, Inonu University, Malatya 44069, Turkey. oncelik@inonu.edu.tr
authors.forename: Onder
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Celik
authors.forename: Seyma
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hascalik
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D040421:Cell Phone; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006340:Heart Rate, Fetal / Q000502:physiology / Q000528:radiation effects*; D006801:Humans; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011247:Pregnancy; D011336:Probability; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012016:Reference Values; D018570:Risk Assessment; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric