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GSM radiocellular telephones do not disturb the secretion of antepituitary hormones in humans

1998; Wiley; Volume: 19; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/(sici)1521-186x(1998)19

1521-186X

René de Sèze, Pascale Fabbro‐Peray, Luis Miró,

Electromagnetic Fields and Biological Effects

BioelectromagneticsVolume 19, Issue 5 p. 271-278 GSM radiocellular telephones do not disturb the secretion of antepituitary hormones in humans René de Seze, Corresponding Author René de Seze biomed@zeus.sc.univ-montp1.fr Laboratoire de Biophysique Médicale, Faculté de Médecine, Université Montpellier I, CHU de Nimes, Av Kennedy, 30 907, Nimes Cedex 2, FranceLaboratoire de Biophysique Médicale, Faculté de Médecine, Université Montpellier I, CHU de Nimes, Av. Kennedy, 30 907, Nimes Cedex 2, FranceSearch for more papers by this authorPascale Fabbro-Peray, Pascale Fabbro-Peray Departement d'Information Médicale, CHU, 30 029, Nimes Cedex 4, FranceSearch for more papers by this authorLuis Miro, Luis Miro Laboratoire de Biophysique Médicale, Faculté de Médecine, Université Montpellier I, CHU de Nimes, Av Kennedy, 30 907, Nimes Cedex 2, FranceSearch for more papers by this author René de Seze, Corresponding Author René de Seze biomed@zeus.sc.univ-montp1.fr Laboratoire de Biophysique Médicale, Faculté de Médecine, Université Montpellier I, CHU de Nimes, Av Kennedy, 30 907, Nimes Cedex 2, FranceLaboratoire de Biophysique Médicale, Faculté de Médecine, Université Montpellier I, CHU de Nimes, Av. Kennedy, 30 907, Nimes Cedex 2, FranceSearch for more papers by this authorPascale Fabbro-Peray, Pascale Fabbro-Peray Departement d'Information Médicale, CHU, 30 029, Nimes Cedex 4, FranceSearch for more papers by this authorLuis Miro, Luis Miro Laboratoire de Biophysique Médicale, Faculté de Médecine, Université Montpellier I, CHU de Nimes, Av Kennedy, 30 907, Nimes Cedex 2, FranceSearch for more papers by this author First published: 06 December 1998 https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(1998)19:5 3.0.CO;2-ZCitations: 45AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Abstract It is known that the endocrine system of experimental animals is susceptible to perturbation by radiofrequency (RF) radiation. Because of the recent interest in health and safety issues of cellular telephones, an experiment was designed to evaluate the effect of a 900 MHz RF radiation emitted by a Global System for Mobile radiotelephone (217 Hz impulses, one-eighth duty cycle, 2 W peak power) on human endocrine functions. Twenty healthy male volunteers aged from 19 to 40 were inducted in the present experiment. Each subject was exposed to RF radiation through the use of a cellular phone 2 h/day, 5 days/wk, for 1 month. Subjects were their own control. End points were serum adrenocorticotropin, thyrotropin, growth hormone, prolactin, luteinizing hormone, and follicle stimulating hormone concentrations. These end points were determined in nine weekly blood samples obtained starting 3 weeks before the commencement of the exposure and ending 2 weeks after exposures. All but one blood sample was drawn 48 h after each weekly session. The seventh drawing was performed the morning after the last weekly exposure. Within each individual, the preexposure hormone concentration was used as a control. Results indicated that all hormone concentrations remained within normal physiologic ranges. A difference was not noted among the nine weekly samples in five of six hormones studied. There was a significant change only in thyrotropin concentration, showing a 21% decrease on the seventh sampling. Because this change recovered fully during the postexposure period, it is concluded that 1 month of intermittent exposures to RF radiation from a cellular telephone does not induce a long-lasting or cumulative effect on the hormone secretion rate of the anterior pituitary gland in humans. Bioelectromagnetics 19:271–278, 1998. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc. Citing Literature Volume19, Issue51998Pages 271-278 RelatedInformation