• DocumentCode
    877869
  • Title

    Children´s cognitive function and cell-phone electromagnetic fields

  • Author

    Lin, James C.

  • Author_Institution
    Illinois Univ., Chicago, IL
  • Volume
    47
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2005
  • Firstpage
    118
  • Lastpage
    120
  • Abstract
    Several companies have made major strides in marketing cellular telephones to children within the past 12 months; more and more children are using cell phones as part of their daily routines. Some fear any disturbance to brain activity in children could lead to impaired learning ability or behavioral problems. Moreover, any lasting biochemical effects could have important consequences, especially in the young, who still have years of development ahead of them. Recently, two studies of the mental process of young users of standard 902 MHz Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) cellular mobile telephones were published: one paper reported a slight trend toward speeding up of simple reaction time, whereas the other study did not detect any change in cognitive functions
  • Keywords
    biological effects of microwaves; brain; cellular radio; 902 MHz; GSM; cell-phone electromagnetic fields; cellular mobile telephones; children; cognitive function; Brain; Cellular phones; Communication standards; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic radiation; GSM; Health and safety; Radio frequency; Standards publication; Telephony;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Antennas and Propagation Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1045-9243
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MAP.2005.1608754
  • Filename
    1608754