ID Number		2306
Study Type		Epidemiology
Model		Questionnaire used to assess health parameters in people living near base stations in Iran.
Details		AUTHORS' ABSTRACT: Shahbazi-Gahrouei et al. 2013 (IEEE #5300): Background: In recent years, by tremendous use of mobile phone telecommunication, a growing concern about the possible health hazards has increased greatly among public and scientists. The mobile phone exposure has been shown to have many effects upon the immune functions, stimulating hormones, mammalian brain, sperm motility and morphology, and neurological pathologies syndrome. The aim of this study was to find out the psychological and psychobiological reactions of the people who are living near mobile phone base transceiver stations (BTS) antenna, in Isfahan, Iran. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study on 250 randomly selected inhabitants (133 women and 117 men) was performed in October 2012 till November 2012. The inhabitants were requested to complete a standardized questionnaire that focused on the relevant psychological and psychobiological reactions parameters. A computer program (SPSS version16.0, Chicago, IL) was used for statistical analysis using the Chi-square test with Yates correction. All the data were tested using a criterion level of p = 0.05. Results: The results showed that most of the symptoms such as nausea, headache, dizziness, irritability, discomfort, nervousness, depression, sleep disturbance, memory loss and lowering of libido were statistically significant in the inhabitants living near the BTS antenna (<300 m distances) compared to those living far from the BTS antenna (>300 m). Conclusion: It is suggested that cellular phone BTS antenna should not be sited closer than 300 m to populations to minimize exposure of neighbors. RETRACTION STATEMENT BY THE EDITORS AND PUBLISHER OF ELECTROMAGNETIC BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE JOURNAL: We, the Editors and Publishers of Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine, have retracted the following article: Daryoush Shahbazi-Gahrouei, Mojtaba Karbalae, Habib allah Moradi & Milad Baradaran-Ghahfarokhi (2013) Health effects of living near mobile phone base transceiver station (BTS) antennae: a report from Isfahan, Iran, Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine, 33:3, 206210, DOI: 10.3109/15368378.2013.801352 Subsequent to publication it has been determined that the article contains overlap in the data presented in the results section with: Shahab A. Alazawi (2011) Mobile Phone Base Stations Health Effects, Diyala Journal of Medicine, 1:1, 4452. Although the authors cited the above-mentioned article by Shahab A. Alazawi in the methods, there was no clear explanation in the results and discussion sections that comparison data were used and that this was a comparison study. We have been informed in our decision-making by our policy on publishing ethics and integrity and the COPE guidelines on retractions. The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as Retracted.
Findings		Effects
Status		Completed With Publication
Principal Investigator		Isfahan U of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
Funding Agency		?????
Country		IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF)
References		Shahbazi-Gahrouei, D et al. Electromagn Biol Med. (RETRACTED), (2014) 33:206-210 Editors of EMB, Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine., (2019) DOI: 10.1080/15368378.2018.1492079:-
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