Time trends (1998-2007) in brain cancer incidence rates in relation to mobile phone use in England

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 334-339

  De Vocht, Frank ^a   Burstyn, Igor ^b   Cherrie, John W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain cancer; Cell phones; Mobile phones; National trends

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DISEASES; POPULATION STATISTICS;

BRAIN CANCER; CELL PHONE; ENGLAND; INCIDENCE RATE; MOBILE PHONE USE; NATIONAL TREND; RADIO-FREQUENCY EXPOSURE; TEMPORAL LOBES; TIME TRENDS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CELLULAR TELEPHONES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE PHONE; PATHOLOGY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RISK; TEMPORAL LOBE; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CAUSALITY; CELLULAR PHONE; CHILD; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIO WAVES; RISK; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 79956266645     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20648     Document Type: Article

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