Mobile phone use, school electromagnetic field levels and related symptoms: a cross-sectional survey among 2150 high school students in Izmir

Health outcomes of electromagnetic fields (EMF) from mobile phones and their base stations are of concern. Conducting multidisciplinary research, targeting children and exploring dose-response are recommended. Our objectives were to describe the mobile phone usage characteristics of high school stud...

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Published in:Environmental health 2017-06, Vol.16 (1), p.51-51, Article 51
Main Authors: Durusoy, Raika, Hassoy, Hür, Özkurt, Ahmet, Karababa, Ali Osman
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescents
Base stations
Cell Phone
Cellular telephones
Charging
Chi-square test
Children
Cross-Sectional Studies
Disturbances
Dosage
Dose-response effects
Ear
Earphones
Electromagnetic field
Electromagnetic fields
Electromagnetic Fields - adverse effects
Electromagnetism
Environmental Exposure
Environmental health
Exposure
Fatigue
Fatigue - epidemiology
Fatigue - etiology
Female
Flushing
Headache
Headache - epidemiology
Headache - etiology
Health
Health aspects
High school students
Humans
Low frequency
Male
Mathematical analysis
Messages
Mobile phone
Multidisciplinary research
Night
Polls & surveys
Radio equipment
Regression analysis
Schools
Secondary school students
Self Report
Sleep
Sleep Wake Disorders - epidemiology
Sleep Wake Disorders - etiology
Spectra
Stations
Turkey - epidemiology
Young adults
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Summary:Health outcomes of electromagnetic fields (EMF) from mobile phones and their base stations are of concern. Conducting multidisciplinary research, targeting children and exploring dose-response are recommended. Our objectives were to describe the mobile phone usage characteristics of high school students and to explore the association between mobile phone usage characteristics, high school EMF levels and self-reported symptoms. This cross-sectional study's data were collected by a survey questionnaire and by measuring school EMF levels between November 2009 and April 2011. A sample size of 2530 was calculated from a total of 20,493 students in 26 high schools and 2150 (85.0%) were included in the analysis. The frequencies of 23 symptoms were questioned and analysed according to 16 different aspects of mobile phone use and school EMF levels, exploring also dose-response. School EMF levels were measured with Aaronia Spectran HF-4060 device. Chi square and trend tests were used for univariate and logistic regression was used for multivariate analyses. Among participants, 2021 (94.0%) were using mobile phones and 129 (6.0%) were not. Among users, 49.4% were speaking
ISSN:1476-069X
1476-069X
DOI:10.1186/s12940-017-0257-x