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dc.contributor.authorVerrender, Adam
dc.contributor.authorLoughran, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorAndersson, Vitas
dc.contributor.authorHillert, Lena
dc.contributor.authorRubin, G. James
dc.contributor.authorOftedal, Gunnhild
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-01T09:06:24Z
dc.date.available2018-02-01T09:06:24Z
dc.date.created2018-01-19T16:01:07Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationBioelectromagnetics. 2017, .nb_NO
dc.identifier.issn0197-8462
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2481131
dc.description.abstractThe etiology of Idiopathic Environmental Intolerance attributed to Electromagnetic Fields (IEI-EMF) is controversial. While the majority of studies have indicated that there is no relationship between EMF exposure and symptoms reported by IEI-EMF sufferers, concerns about methodological issues have been raised. Addressing these concerns, the present experiment was designed as a series of individual case studies to determine whether there is a relationship between radiofrequency-electromagnetic field (RF-EMF) exposure and an IEI-EMF individual's self-reported symptoms. Three participants aged 44–64 were tested during a series of sham and active exposure trials (2 open-label trials; 12 randomized, double-blind, counterbalanced trials), where symptom severity and exposure detection were scored using 100 mm visual analogue scales. The RF-EMF exposure was a 902–928 MHz spread spectrum digitally modulated signal with an average radiated power output of 1 W (0.3 W/m2 incident power density at the participant). In the double-blind trials, no significant difference in symptom severity or exposure detection was found for any of the participants between the two conditions. Belief of exposure strongly predicted symptom severity score for all participants. Despite accounting for several possible limitations, the present experiment failed to show a relationship between RF-EMF exposure and an IEI-EMF individual's symptoms. Bioelectromagnetics. 39:132–143, 2018. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherWileynb_NO
dc.titleIEI-EMF Provocation Case Studies: A Novel Approach to Testing Sensitive Individualsnb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer reviewednb_NO
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dc.source.pagenumber12nb_NO
dc.source.journalBioelectromagneticsnb_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/bem.22095
dc.identifier.cristin1547755
dc.description.localcodeThis is the peer reviewed version of an article which has been published in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bem.22095/abstract. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. Locked until 10.11.2018 due to copyright restrictions.nb_NO
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cristin.unitnameInstitutt for elektroniske systemer
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