EMF-Portal | Study overviews

Authors	Year	Study type	Study group	Observation period	Study location	Endpoints	Parameters
Byun YH et al.	2013	cohort study	children, 8–11 years	2005 - 2006, follow-up 2009 - 2010	Korea	attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)	mobile phone, mobile communications
Cho YM et al.	2016	cross-sectional study	men, women	2012 - 2013	Korea	sleep quality, headache, psychosocial well-being, depression, cognitive function, stress, physical and mental health	mobile phone, mobile communications
Cho YM et al.	2017	cohort study	men, women	2012 - 2013, follow-up 2014 - 2015	Korea	headache, psychosocial well-being, depression, dementia (daily activities), stress, physical and mental health, sleep quality	mobile phone, mobile communications, personal
Suleiman A et al.	2014	survey	men, women, 16–77 years	September 2013	Malaysia	headache, giddiness, loss of memory, diarrhea, mental slowness, reduction in reaction time, depression, mood swing, fatigue, somnolence, vomiting, palpitation, feverish, insomnia	mobile phone base station, mobile communications, residential
van Dongen D et al.	2014	cross-sectional study	men, women, 18–87 years	not stated	Netherlands	self-reported non-specific symptoms (e.g., headache, fatigue, back pain, nausea, dizziness, tingling, palpitation), risk perception of EMF in general and of different EMF sources, attribution of symptoms to possible causes, including EMF	mobile phone, mobile phone base station, GSM, UMTS, mobile communications, DECT, microw. oven/heating device, magnetic field, 50/60 Hz, power transmission line, residential, personal, also other exposures without EMF
Baliatsas C et al.	2014	cross-sectional study	men, women, ≥ 18 years	January 2011 - June 2011	Netherlands	23 symptoms such as headache, fatigue, dizziness, memory or concentration problems, skin symptoms, heart palpitations, ear symptoms, neck or shoulder symptoms, back pain, muscular pain, abdominal/stomach pain, sleep disturbances, electromagnetic hypersensitivity	mobile phone, mobile phone base station, mobile communications, W-LAN/WiFi, 50/60 Hz, other domestic appliance, residential, personal, also other exposures without EMF
Baliatsas C et al.	2015	survey	men, women, ≥ 18 years	January 2011 - June 2011	Netherlands	23 symptoms such as headache, fatigue, dizziness, memory or concentration problems, skin symptoms, heart palpitations, ear symptoms, neck or shoulder symptoms, back pain, muscular pain, sleep disturbances, electromagnetic hypersensitivity	mobile phone base station, GSM, UMTS, mobile communications, DECT, Radio/TV transmitter, magnetic field, 50/60 Hz, power transmission line, electric blanket, other domestic appliance, residential, personal
Baliatsas C et al.	2016	cohort study	men, women, ≥ 18 years	January - December 2004, follow-up July 2010 - June 2011	Netherlands	23 symptoms such as headache, fatigue, dizziness, memory or concentration problems, skin symptoms, heart palpitations, ear symptoms, neck or shoulder symptoms, back pain, muscular pain, sleep disturbances, electromagnetic hypersensitivity	mobile phone base station, GSM, UMTS, mobile communications, residential
Martens AL et al.	2017	cohort study	men, women, 31–65 years	2011 - 2012, follow-up 2013 - 2014	Netherlands	non-specific symptoms (e.g. headaches, dizziness, pain in muscles, fainting, neck pain, back pain, excessive sweating, palpitations, bloated feeling in abdomen, blurred vision, shortness of breath, nausea, pain abdomen, tingling fingers, tight feeling in chest, chest pain), sleep disturbances	mobile communications, mobile phone base station, GSM, UMTS, Radio/TV transmitter, residential
Martens AL et al.	2018	-	men	2011 - 2012, follow-up 2015	Netherlands	sleep disturbances, non-specific health symptoms, respiratory symptoms	mobile communications, mobile phone base station, GSM, UMTS, Radio/TV transmitter, also other exposures without EMF, residential
Martens AL et al.	2018	-	men, women, 31–65 years	2011 - 2012, follow-Up in 2013 and 2014	Netherlands	non-specific somatic symptoms such as headaches, low back pain and dizziness, others	mobile communications, mobile phone base station, Radio/TV transmitter
Owolabi J et al.	2021	-	men, women	not stated	Nigeria	sleep disturbances, behavioral disorder, confusion, poor mental health, headache, attention deficit, fatigue/tiredness	mobile communications, mobile phone, W-LAN/WiFi, RF field, laptop/tablet
Felix OK et al.	2014	-	men, women, children	not stated	Nigeria	health effects (e.g., headache, loss of appetite), sleep disturbances	mobile communications, mobile phone base station, GSM
Alattar E et al.	2019	-	women, 19–25 years	2018	Palästina	general health status (e.g., headache, dizziness, concentration difficulties, dry mouth, drooling of saliva, pain in eyes and ears, anxiety, insomnia and forgetfulness), sleep disturbances, pH, flow rate and electrolyte concentration of saliva	mobile communications, mobile phone
Bortkiewicz A et al.	2012	cross-sectional study	men, women, ≥ 18 years	not stated	Poland	headache, impaired memory, dermal changes, depression, fatigue, irritation, circulatory systoms, vertigo, mental discomfort, visual disorders, hearing problems, loss of appetite, nausea, sleep disturbances, health status	mobile communications, mobile phone base station, residential
Szyjkowska A et al.	2014	survey	men, women, 22–44 years	2005	Poland	headaches, dizziness, fatigue, concentration difficulties, memory loss, warmth behind ear/on ear, burning skin	mobile phone, mobile communications
Kacprzyk A et al.	2021	-	men, women	2018	Poland	exhaustion, head-ache, irritation, concentration and sleeping difficulties, anxiety and somnolence	mobile communications, mobile phone, mobile phone base station, cordless phone, W-LAN/WiFi, microwaves, microw. oven/heating device, power transmission line, induction cooker, laptop/tablet, audio/video dev.
Tatoń G et al.	2022	-	men, women	2018 - 2020	Poland	electromagnetic hypersensitivity	mobile communications, mobile phone, mobile phone base station, power transmission line, other domestic appliance, low frequency, EMF general, laptop/tablet
Al-Khlaiwi T et al.	2021	-	men, women	2019 - 2020	Saudi Arabia	sleep quality, fatigue	mobile communications, mobile phone
Al-Khlaiwi T et al.	2004	-	men, women, 18–42 years	2002 - 2003	Saudi-Arabia	sleep disturbances, fatigue, headache, dizziness, tension	mobile communications, mobile phone, personal
Meo SA et al.	2005	preliminary study	men, women, 18–42 years	2002 - 2004	Saudi-Arabia	hearing and vision complaints: earache, heating around the ear, decreased hearing, decreased or blurred vision	mobile communications, mobile phone, personal
Meo SA et al.	2005	survey	men, women, 18–46 years	not given	Saudi-Arabia	hearing and vision complaints: impaired hearing, ear ache and/or warmth of the ear; decreased vision and/or blurred vision	mobile communications, mobile phone, personal
Khan MM	2008	survey	men, women	not given	Saudi-Arabia	chronic headache, impaired concentration, impaired memory, fatigue, hearing problem, skin disease, warmth around the ear, sleeplessness, self-rated health condition, relation of symptoms to mobile phone use	mobile communications, mobile phone, personal
Višnjić A et al.	2018	cross-sectional study	men, women	2015 - 2016	Serbia and Italy	mental health: depression, anxiety and stress	mobile communications, mobile phone, also other exposures without EMF
Navarro EA et al.	2003	preliminary study	men, women, ≥ 15 years	January 2001	Spain	microwave sickness: fatigue, irritability, headache, nausea, appetite loss, insomnia, depression, discomfort, difficulty in concentration, memory loss, skin alterations, visual + auditory dysfunction, dizziness, gait difficulty, cardiovascular alterations	mobile phone base station, GSM, mobile communications, residential

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Epidemiological studies on mobile communications

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