Childhood brain tumour risk and its association with wireless phones: A commentary

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Söderqvist, Fredrik ^a   Carlberg, Michael ^a   Hansson Mild, Kjell ^b   Hardell, Lennart ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

adolescence; astrocytoma; CEFALO; cordless phone; DECT; glioma; mobile phone; radiofrequency electromagnetic fields

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; BRAIN; CHILD HEALTH; DATA SET; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; RISK FACTOR; TUMOR;

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILDHOOD CANCER; HUMAN; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; GLIOMA; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NEUROMA; PATHOLOGY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCANDINAVIA; SWITZERLAND;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELLULAR PHONE; CHILD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; ODDS RATIO; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCANDINAVIA; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856853173     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-10-106     Document Type: Review

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