Mobile phones and brain tumours: A review of epidemiological research

Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 255-267

  Croft, Rodney J ^a,b   McKenzie, R J ^a   Inyang, I ^a,c   Benke, G P ^a,c   Anderson, V ^a,b   Abramson, M J ^a,c  

^a Australian Centre for Radiofrequency Bioeffects Research (ACRBR)   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain tumour; Epidemiology; Mobile phones

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CELLULAR TELEPHONES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISKS; MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE PHONES; TELEPHONE SETS; TUMORS;

ACOUSTIC NEUROMAS; ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; BRAIN TUMOURS; HEAD AND NECK; META ANALYSIS; PUBLIC CONCERN;

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

EID: 60749125767     PISSN: 01589938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03178595     Document Type: Review

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