Systematic review of wireless phone use and brain cancer and other head tumors

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 187-206

  Repacholi, Michael H ^a   Lerchl, Alexander ^b   Röösli, Martin ^c   Sienkiewicz, Zenon ^d   Auvinen, Anssi ^e,f   Breckenkamp, Jürgen ^g   D'Inzeo, Guglielmo ^a   Elliott, Paul ^h   Frei, Patrizia ⁱ   Heinrich, Sabine ^j   Lagroye, Isabelle ^k   Lahkola, Anna ^e   Mccormick, David L ^l   Thomas, Silke ⁱ   Vecchia, Paolo ^m  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^g BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h Imperial College London   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^j LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^l IIT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^m ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Brain cancer; Head tumors; Radiofrequency fields; Systematic review; Wireless phones

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; TELEPHONE SETS;

BRAIN CANCER; HEAD TUMOR; IN-VIVO; MENINGIOMAS; META-ANALYSIS; RADIO FREQUENCY FIELDS; RADIO-FREQUENCY ENERGY; SCIENTIFIC STUDIES; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WIRELESS PHONES;

TUMORS;

ADULT; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MENINGIOMA; META ANALYSIS; MOBILE PHONE; NEUROMA; PAROTID GLAND TUMOR; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELLULAR PHONE; COHORT STUDIES; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; PAROTID NEOPLASMS; RADIO WAVES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84857800702     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20716     Document Type: Review

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