• DocumentCode
    3070833
  • Title

    Physiological effects of RF exposure on hypersensitive people by a cell phone

  • Author

    Kim, Deok Won ; Lee, Ju Hyung ; Ji, Hyo Chul ; Kim, Soo Chan ; Nam, Ki Chang ; Cha, Eun Jong

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Medical Engineering, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    20-25 Aug. 2008
  • Firstpage
    2322
  • Lastpage
    2325
  • Abstract
    Persons with electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS) complain of subjective symptoms such as headaches, insomnia, memory loss etc. resulting from radio frequency (RF) radiation by cellular phones. There have been various EHS provocation studies on heart rate, blood pressure, and subjective symptoms using GSM phones. However, there are few provocation studies on case-control study investigating simultaneously physiological parameters from CDMA phones. In this study, two volunteer groups of 18 self-declared EHS and 19 controls were exposed to both sham and real RF exposures by a CDMA cellular phone for half an hour each. We investigated the physiological parameters such as heart rates, respiration rates, and hear rate variability (HRV). In conclusion, the RF exposure by a CDMA cellular phone did not have any effects on the physiological parameters for both groups.
  • Keywords
    Background noise; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical measurements; Cellular phones; Electromagnetic fields; Heart rate; Heart rate variability; Magnetic field measurement; Multiaccess communication; Radio frequency; Adult; Blood Pressure; Case-Control Studies; Cellular Phone; Electromagnetic Fields; Female; Heart Rate; Humans; Male; Radio Waves; Respiration; Young Adult;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2008. EMBS 2008. 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Vancouver, BC
  • ISSN
    1557-170X
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1814-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1557-170X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEMBS.2008.4649663
  • Filename
    4649663