A comparison of self-reported cellular telephone use with subscriber data: Agreement between the two methods and implications for risk estimation

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 130-136

  Schüz, Joachim ^a   Johansen, Christoffer ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Cellular telephone; Exposure assessment

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; HEALTH RISKS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; TUMORS;

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; BRAIN TUMORS; DENMARK; EPIDEMIOLOGIC-STUDY; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; MENINGIOMAS; NETWORK OPERATOR; ODD RATIOS; QUESTIONNAIRE DATA; RISK ESTIMATION;

CELLULAR TELEPHONES;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGIOMA; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33846703991     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20297     Document Type: Article

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