Meta-analysis of long-term mobile phone use and the association with brain tumours

International Journal of Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1097-1103

  Hardell, Lennart ^a   Carlberg, Michael ^a   Söderqvist, Fredrik ^a,b   Mild, Kjell Hansson ^c  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brain tumours; Latency period; Meta analysis; Mobile phone

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MENINGIOMA; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RISK FACTOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; NEUROMA; RADIATION INJURY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELLULAR PHONE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 45849118009     PISSN: 10196439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijo.32.5.1097     Document Type: Article

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