Motor and psychological functions of school children living in the area of the Skrunda Radio Location Station in Latvia

Sci Total Environ. 1996 Feb 2;180(1):87-93. doi: 10.1016/0048-9697(95)04924-x.

Abstract

This paper presents the results of experiments on school children living in the area of the Skrunda Radio Location Station (RLS) in Latvia. Motor function, memory and attention significantly differed between the exposed and control groups. Children living in front of the RLS had less developed memory and attention, their reaction time was slower and their neuromuscular apparatus endurance was decreased.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Attention / radiation effects*
  • Child
  • Electromagnetic Fields*
  • Environmental Exposure
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Latvia / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Memory Disorders / epidemiology*
  • Memory Disorders / etiology
  • Motor Activity / radiation effects*
  • Radiation Injuries / epidemiology*
  • Radiation Injuries / physiopathology
  • Radiation Injuries / psychology
  • Reaction Time