Mobile phone use and risk of tumors: A meta-analysis

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 33, 2009, Pages 5565-5572

  Myung, Seung Kwon ^a   Ju, Woong ^a   McDonnell, Diana D ^a   Lee, Yeon Ji ^a   Kazinets, Gene ^a   Cheng, Chih Tao ^a   Moskowitz, Joel M ^a  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RISK; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; KOREA; MALE; META ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELLULAR PHONE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KOREA; MALE; NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 73949135519     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2008.21.6366     Document Type: Article

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