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ID Number 1032
Study Type Engineering & Physics
Model 900, 1800 MHz (GSM) exposure to medical devices and analysis of electromagnetic interference
Details

The authors review the data regarding mobile phones in hospitals, and suggest that the risk of EMI is not as great many hospital policies would indicate, and go on to suggest that Are not as hazardous as believed and should be mobile phones should be allowed in the hospital, at least in non­clinical areas, as they provide beneficial technology that can enhance the overall quality of healthcare.

Findings Not Applicable to Bioeffects
Status Completed With Publication
Principal Investigator Dept Cardiology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford , - saul.myerson@cardiov.ox.ac.uk
Funding Agency Private/Instit.
Country UNITED KINGDOM
References
  • Myerson, SG et al. British Medical Journal., (2003) 326:460-461
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