Mobile phone use and location of glioma: A case-case analysis

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 176-182

  Hartikka, Hanna ^a   Heinävaara, Sirpa ^a   Mäntyiä, Riitta ^b   Kähärä, Veikko ^c   Kurttio, Päivi ^a   Auvinen, Anssi ^a,d  

^a STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasms; Electromagnetic fields; Glioma; Non ionizing; Radiation

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONES; IONIZING RADIATION; LOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUMORS;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE ANALYSIS; EXPOSED TO; GLIOMA; MOBILE PHONE LOCATIONS; MOBILE PHONE USE; MOBILE-PHONE USERS; NEW APPROACHES; NON-IONIZING; ODD RATIOS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 65249180849     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20471     Document Type: Article

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