Meningioma and mobile phone use - A collaborative case-control study in five North European countries

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1304-1313

  Lahkola, Anna ^a   Salminen, T ^a,b   Raitanen, J ^a,b   Heinavaara S ^a   Schoemaker, M J ^c   Christensen, H Collatz ^d   Feychting, M ^e   Johansen, C ^d   Klaeboe L ^f,g   Lonn S ^e   Swerdlow, A J ^c   Tynes, T ^f,g   Auvinen, A ^a,b  

^a STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f Cancer Registry of Norway   (Norway)

^g NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasms; Case control studies; Cellular phones

Indexed keywords

MOBILE COMMUNICATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; EUROPE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MOBILE PHONE; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELLULAR PHONE; DENMARK; FEMALE; FINLAND; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; ODDS RATIO; RADIO WAVES; RISK; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57349155541     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn155     Document Type: Article

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