Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) exposure and its impact on slow cortical potentials med./bio.

Aim of study (acc. to author)

Background/further details

Endpoint

• effects on the neurological system: effects on EEG slow waves

Exposure

• • 385 MHz
• • mobile communications
  • TETRA/TETRAPOL

Extended view Compact view

Methods Endpoint/measurement parameters/methodology

• effects on the neurological system: effects on EEG slow waves and reaction time (in clock monitoring task (timed stopping of clock), contingent negative variation (forewarned reaction time task) and Bereitschaftspotenzial (induced via motor performance)); horizontal and vertical EOG and chin EMG (for artifact detection and compensation)

Main outcome of study (acc. to author)

Study funded by

• Bundesanstalt für den Digitalfunk der Behörden und Organisationen mit Sicherheitsaufgaben (BDBOS; Federal Agency for Public Safety Digital Radio), Germany
• Deutsches Mobilfunk Forschungsprogramm (DMF; German Mobile Phone Research Programme) at Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS)

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