Vestibular schwannoma, tinnitus and cellular telephones

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 124-129

  Hardell, Lennart ^a,b   Hansson Mild, Kjell ^b,c   Sandström, Monica ^c   Carlberg, Michael ^a   Hallquist, Arne ^d   Påhlson, Anneli ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acoustic neurinoma; Cellular telephones; Incidence

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; SWEDEN; TELEPHONE; TINNITUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELLULAR PHONE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TINNITUS;

EID: 0037217473     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068745     Document Type: Article

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