Mobile phone use and risk of parotid gland tumor

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 164, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 637-643

  Lönn, Stefan ^a   Ahlbom, Anders ^a   Christensen, Helle C ^b   Johansen, Christoffer ^b   Schüz, Joachim ^b   Edström, Staffan ^c   Henriksson, Gert ^d   Lundgren, Jan ^d   Wennerberg, Johan ^e   Feychting, Maria ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Cellular phone; Electromagnetic fields; Neoplasms, radiation induced; Parotid gland; Salivary glands

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; HEALTH RISK; RISK FACTOR; TELEPHONE NETWORK; TUMOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PAROTID GLAND TUMOR; PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELLULAR PHONE; DENMARK; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PAROTID NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 33748994281     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwj242     Document Type: Article

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