Cellular telephones and risk for brain tumors: A population-based, incident case-control study

Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1189-1195

  Christensen, H Collatz ^a   Schuz J ^b   Kosteljanetz, M ^c   Skovgaard Poulsen, H ^c   Boice Jr , J D ^d   McLaughlin, J K ^d   Johansen, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^d INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 16844362799     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000156351.72313.D3     Document Type: Article

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