PMID- 29536890
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20191120
IS  - 2194-802X (Electronic)
IS  - 2194-802X (Linking)
VI  - 3
IP  - 2
DP  - 2016 Jun 1
TI  - Mobile phone exposure influences some erythrocytes parameters in vitro. A novel 
      source of preanalytical variability?
PG  - 75-79
LID - /j/dx.2016.3.issue-2/dx-2016-0010/dx-2016-0010.xml [pii]
LID - 10.1515/dx-2016-0010 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: The effect of radiofrequency exposure on human health and health care 
      equipment is a matter of ongoing debate. This study was planned to investigate 
      the influence of radiofrequency (RF) waves emitted by a commercial mobile phone 
      on red blood cells (RBC) in vitro. METHODS: The study population consisted of 16 
      ostensibly healthy volunteers. Two whole blood specimens were collected from each 
      volunteer. One sample was placed in a plastic rack, 1 cm distant from the chassis 
      of a commercial mobile phone which was activated by a remote phone call lasting 
      30 min. The other blood sample was placed in another plastic rack, but was kept 
      distant from any type of RF source. The main RBC parameters including RBC count, 
      hematocrit (Ht), hemoglobin, mean corpuscular platelet volume (MPV), mean 
      corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) 
      and RBC distribution width (RDW-CV) were assessed with an Advia 2120. RESULTS: 
      The exposure of whole blood to the mobile phone call significantly increased Ht, 
      hemoglobin, MCV and MCH, whereas the RBC count, MCHC and RDW-CV remained 
      unchanged. A significant correlation was observed between variation of Ht and 
      those of hemoglobin (p=0.008), MCV (p=0.009) or MCH (p=0.037), as well as between 
      hemoglobin and MCV (p=0.048). Increased values were found in 13/16 (81%) samples 
      for both Ht and hemoglobin, 14/16 (88%) samples for MCH and 16/16 (100%) samples 
      for MCV. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that close mobile phone exposure may 
      be an unappreciated and possibly underestimated cause of preanalytical bias in 
      RBC testing.
FAU - Danese, Elisa
AU  - Danese E
AD  - 1Section of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
FAU - Lippi, Giuseppe
AU  - Lippi G
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9523-9054
AD  - 1Section of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
FAU - Brocco, Giorgio
AU  - Brocco G
AD  - 1Section of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
FAU - Montagnana, Martina
AU  - Montagnana M
AD  - 1Section of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
FAU - Salvagno, Gian Luca
AU  - Salvagno GL
AD  - 1Section of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Germany
TA  - Diagnosis (Berl)
JT  - Diagnosis (Berlin, Germany)
JID - 101654734
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - erythrocytes
OT  - hemoglobin
OT  - interference
OT  - mobile phone
OT  - radiofrequency
OT  - red blood cells
EDAT- 2016/06/01 00:00
MHDA- 2016/06/01 00:01
CRDT- 2018/03/15 06:00
PHST- 2016/03/21 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2016/03/30 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2018/03/15 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/06/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/06/01 00:01 [medline]
AID - /j/dx.2016.3.issue-2/dx-2016-0010/dx-2016-0010.xml [pii]
AID - 10.1515/dx-2016-0010 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Diagnosis (Berl). 2016 Jun 1;3(2):75-79. doi: 10.1515/dx-2016-0010.