An evaluation of self-reported mobile phone use compared to billing records among a group of engineers and scientists

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-48

  Shum, Mona ^a,c   Kelsh, Michael A ^a   Sheppard, Asher R ^b   Zhao, Ke ^a  

^a EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^b Asher Sheppard Consulting   (United States)

^c National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health (Kosatsky)   (Canada)

Author keywords

Billing records; Exposure assessment; Mobile phone; Questionnaire; Radiofrequency radiation; Recall accuracy

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY ESTIMATION;

BILLING RECORD; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC-STUDY; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; HEALTH IMPACT; MOBILE PHONE USE; POTENTIAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIO FREQUENCY RADIATION; RECALL ACCURACY;

CELLULAR TELEPHONES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; ECONOMICS; ENGINEERING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE PHONE; PERSONNEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RECALL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCIENCE; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CELLULAR PHONE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ENGINEERING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIO WAVES; RECORDS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SCIENCE; SELF REPORT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78650056805     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20613     Document Type: Article

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