RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CELLULAR PHONES AND NON STRESS TEST | ||||
| The Egyptian Journal of Fertility of Sterility | ||||
| Article 5, Volume 9, 1,2, January 2005, Page 37-38 PDF (156.44 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/egyfs.2005.5002 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| H. Youssef; M. El Shamy; K. Alam | ||||
| Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Mansoura University, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Objective : To determine the effects of electromagnetic fields produced by mobile phones on the Non stress test variables. Study Design: This study was conducted in Mansoura university hospital, antenatal care unit on one hundred normal pregnant women undergoing non stress test. The result of non stress tests were documented to bc normal for twenty minutes in the absence of mobile phone in the examining room, then the tests were repeated while the subjects were holding the mobile (the same type) on ringing mode for 5 minutes. Results : Electromagnetic fields emitted by mobile phones had no effects of acceleration or deceleration. However, there was no statistically significant increase in baseline fetal heart rate. Conclusions: To our knowledge, these are the first results showing an increase in base line fetal heart rate under the effects of electromagnetic field emitted by cellular Phones, however further controlled randomized studies arc necessary to detect a definite correlation coefficient. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| electromagnetic fields; cellular phones; fetal heart rate | ||||
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