Mobile phone use and the risk of acoustic neuroma

Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 653-659

  Lönn, Stefan ^a   Ahlbom, Anders ^a   Hall, Per ^a   Feychting, Maria ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COCHLEAR NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SWEDEN;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELLULAR PHONE; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 14844306791     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000142519.00772.bf     Document Type: Article

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