Cellular phone use and brain tumor: A meta-analysis

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-78

  Kan, Peter ^a   Simonsen, Sara E ^a   Lyon, Joseph L ^a   Kestle, John R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; Cellular phones; Radiation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; MENINGIOMA; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOBILE PHONE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELLULAR PHONE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEDLINE; ODDS RATIO; RADIO WAVES;

EID: 37249089418     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-007-9432-1     Document Type: Article

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