A case-control study of risk of leukaemia in relation to mobile phone use

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1729-1735

  Cooke, R ^a   Laing, S ^a   Swerdlow, A J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

case control; epidemiology; leukaemia; mobile phones; radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

ACUTE NONLYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HAIRY CELL LEUKEMIA; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELLULAR PHONE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK;

EID: 78650210936     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605948     Document Type: Article

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