Cellular telephones and non-Hodgkin lymphoma

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2382-2388

  Linet, Martha S ^a   Taggart, Theresa ^b   Severson, Richard K ^c   Cerhan, James R ^d,e   Cozen, Wendy ^f   Hartge, Patricia ^a   Colt, Joanne ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control study; Epidemiology; Hand held cellular telephone; Lymphoma; Non Hodgkin; Radiofrequency microwave radiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELLULAR PHONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, LARGE-CELL, DIFFUSE; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749647709     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.22151     Document Type: Article

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