Electromagnetic field intolerance: a nonexistent disease?
Authors:
Šárka Šafářová
Authors‘ workplace:
Ústav lékařské etiky, Lékařská fakulta Masarykovy univerzity, Brno
Published in:
Čas. Lék. čes. 2014; 153: 4-6
Category:
Review Article
Overview
Idiopathic Environmental Intolerance Attributed to Electromagnetic Fields is a relatively new phenomenon, which is not fully understood. Extensive research has been carried out to exclude or confirm out that symptoms reported by sufferers are caused by electromagnetic field. This article describes outcomes of recent experiments and meta-analyses. The article may answer to the question if electromagnetic field does really cause reported symptoms, furthermore, it provides hypothetical explanation of this phenomenon.
Keywords:
electromagnetic hypersensitivity – electromagnetic field – nonspecific symptoms – nocebo effect
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