title: Effects of weak mobile phone - electromagnetic fields (GSM, UMTS) on well-being and resting EEG.
abstract: Modern mobile phones emit electromagnetic fields (EMFs) ranging from 900 to 2000 MHz which are suggested to have an influence on well-being, attention and neurological parameters in mobile phone users. To date most studies have investigated Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)-EMF and only very few studies were concerned with Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS)-EMF. Consequently, we tested the effects of both types of EMF, 1950 MHz UMTS (SAR 0.1 and 1 W/kg) and pulsed 900 MHz GSM (1 W/kg), on well-being and vigilance-controlled resting electroencephalogram (eyes closed) in 15 healthy, right-handed subjects. A double-blind, randomised, crossover application of the test procedure was used. Neither the UMTS- nor the GSM-EMF produced any significant changes in the measured parameters compared to sham exposure. The results do not give any evidence for a deleterious effect of the EMF on normal healthy mobile phone users.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatric Neurophysiology, University Hospital of Psychiatry, University of Bern, Berne, Switzerland. kleinlogel@puk.unibe.ch
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kleinlogel
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dierks
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koenig
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lehmann
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Minder
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Berz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001822:Body Burden; D040421:Cell Phone; D018592:Cross-Over Studies; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000528:radiation effects*; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D004644:Emotions / Q000528:radiation effects*; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D012146:Rest / Q000502:physiology; D013557:Switzerland / Q000453:epidemiology