Mobile phone use and the risk for malignant brain tumors: A case-control study on deceased cases and controls

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 109-114

  Hardell, Lennart ^a   Carlberg, Michael ^a   Hansson Mild, Kjell ^b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Cellular phone; Cordless phone; Glioma; Oligodendroglioma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOBILE PHONE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELLULAR PHONE; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953347698     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000311044     Document Type: Article

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