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  2. Problematic smartphone use - Wikipedia

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    Other implications of cell phone use in mental health symptoms were observed by Thomée et al. in Sweden. This study found a relationship between report of mental health and perceived stress of participants' accessibility, which is defined as the possibility to be disturbed at any moment of day or night.

  3. Doctors warn that pain in the neck due to cell phone use is ...

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    SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Doctors say there's an epidemic sweeping the nation and it's getting worse. Doctors are calling it text neck. "Text neck is where people are hunched over looking at their ...

  4. Dropped-call rate - Wikipedia

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    In telecommunications, the dropped-call rate (DCR) is the fraction of the telephone calls which, due to technical reasons, were cut off before the speaking parties had finished their conversational tone and before one of them had hung up (dropped calls). This fraction is usually measured as a percentage of all calls.

  5. Mobile phone signal - Wikipedia

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    Neighbouring cells with the same frequencies interfere with each other, deteriorating the quality of service and producing dropped calls. Transmission problems are also a common cause of dropped calls. Another problem may be a faulty transceiver inside the base station. Calls can also be dropped if a mobile phone at the other end of the call ...

  6. Scientists Determine Once and for all If Cell Phones Cause ...

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    Over the last 10 years, you may have heard rumblings about whether the radio waves emitted from your cell phone are capable of causing cancer.Now, a new review commissioned by the World Health ...

  7. Stop unwanted calls and texts from hitting your cellphone - AOL

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    Your phone number is a gateway to your primary means of communication. Once it's compromised, it's far more intrusive than ever before. Stop unwanted calls and texts from hitting your cellphone

  8. Wireless device radiation and health - Wikipedia

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    A mobile phone connects to the telephone network by radio waves exchanged with a local antenna and automated transceiver called a cellular base station (cell site or cell tower). The service area served by each provider is divided into small geographical areas called cells , and all the phones in a cell communicate with that cell's antenna.

  9. Nomophobia - Wikipedia

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    Nomophobia [1] (short for "no mobile phobia") is a word for the fear of, or anxiety caused by, not having a working mobile phone. [2] [3] It has been considered a symptom or syndrome of problematic digital media use in mental health, the definitions of which are not standardized for technical and genetical reasons.