Acoustic neuroma risk in relation to mobile telephone use: Results of the INTERPHONE international case-control study

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 453-464

  Cardis, E ^a   Deltour, I ^b   Vrijheid, M ^a   Evrard, A S ^d   Sanchez, M ^e   Moissonnier, M ^f   Armstrong, B ^g   Brown, J ^g   Giles, G ^h   Siemiatycki, J ⁱ   Nadon, L ^j   Parent, M E ^j   Krewski, D ^k   McBride, M M ^b   Johansen, C ^l   Christensen, H C ^l   Auvinen, A ^c,m   Kurttio, P ^d   Lahkola, A ^d   Salminen, T ^d   Hours, M ⁿ   Bernard, M ⁿ   Montestruq, L ⁿ   Schuz J ^o   Blettner, M ^p   Berg Beckhoff, G ^q   Schlehofer, B ^r   Sadetzki, S ^s   Chetrit, A ^t   Jarus Hakak, A ^t   Lagorio, S ^u   Iavarone, I ^u   Takebayashi, T ^v   Yamaguchi, N ^w   Woodward, A ^x   Cook, A ^y   Pearce, N ^z   Tynes, T ^aa   Klaeboe L ^ab   Blaasaas, K G ^ac   Feychting, M ^ad   Lonn S ^ad   Ahlbom, A ^ad   McKinney, P A ^ae   Hepworth, S J ^ae   Muir, K R ^af   Swerdlow, A J ^ag   Schoemaker, M J ^ag   more..

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^c STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

^d University Lyon   (France)

^e NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

ⁱ INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^k BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^l Danish Cancers Society ^*  (Denmark)

^m UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

ⁿ Observatoire Régional de la Santé ORS Auvergne Rhône Alpes   (France)

^o JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^p BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^q UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^r GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^s GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^t TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^u ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^v KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^w TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^x UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^y UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^z LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^aa NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

^ab CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^ac Forsvarsnett   (Norway)

^ad KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^af UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^ag INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Brain tumour; Epidemiology; Mobile phones; Radiofrequency electromagnetic fields; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 80052928612     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2011.05.012     Document Type: Article

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