A Challenging Issue in the Etiology of Speech Problems: The Effect of Maternal Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields on Speech Problems in the Offspring


" We found a significant association between either the call time (P=0.002) or history of mobile phone use (months used) and speech problems in the offspring (P=0.003). However, other exposures had no effect on the occurrence of speech problems. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to investigate a possible association between maternal exposure to electromagnetic field and speech problems in the offspring. Although a major limitation in our study is the relatively small sample size, this study indicates that the maternal exposure to common sources of electromagnetic fields such as mobile phones can affect the occurrence of speech problems in the offspring." {Credits 1}

{Credits 1} 🎪 Zarei, S., Mortazavi, S. M., Mehdizadeh, A. R., Jalalipour, M., Borzou, S., Taeb, S., Haghani, M., Mortazavi, S. A., Shojaei-Fard, M. B., Nematollahi, S., Alighanbari, N., & Jarideh, S. (2015). A Challenging Issue in the Etiology of Speech Problems: The Effect of Maternal Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields on Speech Problems in the Offspring. Journal of biomedical physics & engineering, 5(3), 151–154. © 2015 Journal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.


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