L Hillert

Summary

Affiliation: Huddinge University Hospital
Country: Sweden

Publications

  1. ncbi Cognitive behavioural therapy for patients with electric sensitivity - a multidisciplinary approach in a controlled study
    L Hillert
    Environmental Illness Research Centre, Southern Division of Community Health, Huddinge, Sweden
    Psychother Psychosom 67:302-10. 1998
  2. ncbi Hypersensitivity to electricity: working definition and additional characterization of the syndrome
    L Hillert
    Department of Environmental Health, Stockholm County Council, Karolinska Hospital, Sweden
    J Psychosom Res 47:429-38. 1999
  3. ncbi Prevalence of self-reported hypersensitivity to electric or magnetic fields in a population-based questionnaire survey
    Lena Hillert
    Department of Environmental Health, Norrbacka Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
    Scand J Work Environ Health 28:33-41. 2002
  4. ncbi Environmental illness--effectiveness of a salutogenic group-intervention programme
    Lena Hillert
    Division of Occupational Medicine, Department of Public Health Sciences, Korolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    Scand J Public Health 30:166-75. 2002
  5. ncbi Environmental illness: fatigue and cholinesterase activity in patients reporting hypersensitivity to electricity
    L Hillert
    Department of Environmental Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    Environ Res 85:200-6. 2001
  6. ncbi The effect of supplementary antioxidant therapy in patients who report hypersensitivity to electricity: a randomized controlled trial
    L Hillert
    Department of Environmental Health, Stockholm County Council, Division of Occupational Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    MedGenMed 3:11. 2001
  7. ncbi Investigation of electric current perception thresholds of different EHS groups
    Jörg Schröttner
    Institute of Clinical Engineering, Graz University of Technology, Inffeldgasse 18, A 8010 Graz, Austria
    Bioelectromagnetics 28:208-13. 2007
  8. ncbi Call-related factors influencing output power from mobile phones
    Lena Hillert
    Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 16:507-14. 2006
  9. ncbi Microwaves from GSM mobile telephones affect 53BP1 and gamma-H2AX foci in human lymphocytes from hypersensitive and healthy persons
    Eva Markova
    Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Toxicology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
    Environ Health Perspect 113:1172-7. 2005
  10. ncbi 915 MHz microwaves and 50 Hz magnetic field affect chromatin conformation and 53BP1 foci in human lymphocytes from hypersensitive and healthy persons
    Igor Y Belyaev
    Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Toxicology, Stockholm University, S 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
    Bioelectromagnetics 26:173-84. 2005

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Publications12

  1. ncbi Cognitive behavioural therapy for patients with electric sensitivity - a multidisciplinary approach in a controlled study
    L Hillert
    Environmental Illness Research Centre, Southern Division of Community Health, Huddinge, Sweden
    Psychother Psychosom 67:302-10. 1998
    ..The suffering of afflicted persons motivates development and evaluation of effective handling and treatments. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of cognitive behavioural therapy in patients with electric sensitivity...
  2. ncbi Hypersensitivity to electricity: working definition and additional characterization of the syndrome
    L Hillert
    Department of Environmental Health, Stockholm County Council, Karolinska Hospital, Sweden
    J Psychosom Res 47:429-38. 1999
    ..For characterization, we propose a set of dimensions, including triggering factors, behavior, and duration of symptoms...
  3. ncbi Prevalence of self-reported hypersensitivity to electric or magnetic fields in a population-based questionnaire survey
    Lena Hillert
    Department of Environmental Health, Norrbacka Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
    Scand J Work Environ Health 28:33-41. 2002
    ....
  4. ncbi Environmental illness--effectiveness of a salutogenic group-intervention programme
    Lena Hillert
    Division of Occupational Medicine, Department of Public Health Sciences, Korolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    Scand J Public Health 30:166-75. 2002
    ..In many cases, traumatic life events and psychosocial stress can be identified, but patients often reject psychological explanations. This study evaluates the effectiveness of a new short-term group-intervention programme...
  5. ncbi Environmental illness: fatigue and cholinesterase activity in patients reporting hypersensitivity to electricity
    L Hillert
    Department of Environmental Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    Environ Res 85:200-6. 2001
    ..The results do not support the hypothesis that a change in cholinesterase activity mediates fatigue in people reporting hypersensitivity to electricity...
  6. ncbi The effect of supplementary antioxidant therapy in patients who report hypersensitivity to electricity: a randomized controlled trial
    L Hillert
    Department of Environmental Health, Stockholm County Council, Division of Occupational Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    MedGenMed 3:11. 2001
    ..The results do not support the hypothesis that oxidative stress is a major contributor to ill health in patients who report hypersensitivity to electricity...
  7. ncbi Investigation of electric current perception thresholds of different EHS groups
    Jörg Schröttner
    Institute of Clinical Engineering, Graz University of Technology, Inffeldgasse 18, A 8010 Graz, Austria
    Bioelectromagnetics 28:208-13. 2007
    ..This investigation shows the importance of the study design, in particular of the recruitment strategies of EHS persons for the final outcome...
  8. ncbi Call-related factors influencing output power from mobile phones
    Lena Hillert
    Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 16:507-14. 2006
    ....
  9. ncbi Microwaves from GSM mobile telephones affect 53BP1 and gamma-H2AX foci in human lymphocytes from hypersensitive and healthy persons
    Eva Markova
    Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Toxicology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
    Environ Health Perspect 113:1172-7. 2005
    ..For the first time, we report here that effects of MWs from mobile telephones on human lymphocytes are dependent on carrier frequency. On average, the same response was observed in lymphocytes from hypersensitive and healthy subjects...
  10. ncbi 915 MHz microwaves and 50 Hz magnetic field affect chromatin conformation and 53BP1 foci in human lymphocytes from hypersensitive and healthy persons
    Igor Y Belyaev
    Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Toxicology, Stockholm University, S 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
    Bioelectromagnetics 26:173-84. 2005
    ....
  11. ncbi Multiple chemical sensitivity in male painters; a controlled provocation study
    Antonis Georgellis
    Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Stockholm County Council, Stockholm, Sweden
    Int J Hyg Environ Health 206:531-8. 2003
    ..But it is the first controlled challenge study that incorporates similarly exposed groups (painters) recruited from a community rather than from a clinical population...
  12. ncbi Possible effects of electromagnetic fields (EMF) on human health--opinion of the scientific committee on emerging and newly identified health risks (SCENIHR)
    Anders Ahlbom
    Toxicology 246:248-50. 2008