Are people living next to mobile phone base stations more strained? Relationship of health concerns

Are people living next to mobile phone base stations more strained? Relationship of health concerns [1]

With the expansion of mobile phone technology and the associated obvious presence of mobile phone base stations, some people living close to these masts reported symptoms they attributed to electromagnetic fields (EMF). Public and scientific discussions arose with regard to whether these symptoms were due to EMF or were nocebo effects. The aim of this study was to find out if people who believe that they live close to base stations show psychological or psychobiological differences that would indicate more strain or stress. Furthermore, we wanted to detect the relevant connections linking self-estimated distance between home and the next mobile phone base station (DBS), daily use of mobile phone (MPU), EMF-health concerns, electromagnetic hypersensitivity, and psychological strain parameters.

Publication Date:

01/09/2009

Author(s): Christoph Augner [2], Gerhard W Hacker [3]

Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine [4]

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141

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