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Working Environment<br />

DISCUSSION<br />

Different reactions to EMF occurring during and after exposure to continuous and intermittent<br />

exposure, revealed in our experiment, need further study. The changes in brain temperature,<br />

may have physiological<br />

consequences, which, among<br />

tympanic temperature<br />

37,0<br />

36,9<br />

36,8<br />

36,7<br />

36,6<br />

36,5<br />

36,4<br />

36,3<br />

0 1 2 3 4 5<br />

without exposure<br />

continuous exposure<br />

intermittent exposure<br />

time of experiment (hours)<br />

Figure 3. Tympanic temperature in relation to exposure<br />

conditions (adjusted to temperature before the<br />

experiment: mean values and 95% confidence intervals<br />

for whole group).<br />

others, may induce disturbances<br />

in the permeability of the bloodbrain<br />

barrier (Fritze et. al.<br />

1997), what could partially<br />

explain the symptoms reported<br />

by mobile phone users.<br />

Considering the possible health<br />

effects of exposure to mobile<br />

phone, further research is<br />

necessary to investigate the<br />

mechanism of EMF action on<br />

human brain.<br />

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