Cell phones, cancer, and children

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 103, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 1211-1213

  Boice Jr , John D ^a,b   Tarone, Robert E ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; EDITORIAL; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELLULAR PHONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 80051998388     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djr285     Document Type: Editorial

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