Association between media coverage and prevalence of idiopathic environmental intolerance attributed to electromagnetic field in Taiwan risk

Risk perception

• risk perception
• risk knowledge
• trust in authorities/institutions

Endpoint

• hypersensitivity/subjective complaints: time trend
• trends in base station density, duration of calling time and number of subscribers

Considered exposure sources

• • mobile communications
  • mobile phone
  • mobile phone base station

Investigated group

content analysis of Taiwanese newspaper articles published between 2005 and 2012