Electromagnetic field exposure and health problems among college students


" Some students have been living close to base stations and high voltage lines (30% and 18.7%, respectively). Students had an internet network (82.3%). Mobile phone and computer usage for more than 5 years were 83% and 66%, respectively. 73.1% had electrical/electronic devices in the bedroom. Exposure time to electrical/electronic systems in 44.7% of students was more than 5 hours per day. Some health problems mentioned were fatigue (75.2%), muscle pain (39%), difficulty in concentration (51.7%), stress (36.4%), eye discomfort (28.5%), light sensitivity (21.3%), and sleep disorder (%40). Chi-square analysis showed a significant relationship between daily electrical/electronic device exposure time and headache frequency, concentration difficulties, fatigue, muscle pain (P<0.01, P<0.05, P<0.001, P<0.01, respectively). The presence of electronic devices in the bedroom showed a statistically significant relationship with a sleep disorder, concentration difficulties, stress, fatigue, dizziness, and tinnitus (P<0.01, P<0.01, P<0.001, P<0.001, P<0.05, and P<0.001, respectively)." {Credits 1}

{Credits 1} 🎪 Cinemre, F. B. S., Ogut, S., Bahtiyar, N., Cinemre, D. A., Cinemre, G. C., & Aydemir, B. (2021). Electromagnetic field exposure and health problems among college students. Medicine, 10(2), 380-5. © 2021 The Author(s). This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.


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