Lost in laterality: Interpreting ‘preferred side of the head during mobile phone use and risk of brain tumour’ associations

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 664-667

  Schüz, Joachim ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Brain tumour; epidemiology; mobile phone; radiowaves

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GLIOMA; HEAD; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELLULAR PHONE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GLIOMA; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIO WAVES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 68649107597     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494809341096     Document Type: Article

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