Review of four publications on the Danish cohort study on mobile phone subscribers and risk of brain tumors

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-58

  Söderqvist, Fredrik ^a   Carlberg, Michael ^a   Hardell, Lennart ^a  

^a University Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

acoustic neuroma; bias; digital enhanced cordless telecommunication (DECT) phone; glioma; high grade astrocytoma; meningioma; mobile phone

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TUMOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELLULAR PHONE; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84860498792     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/reveh-2012-0004     Document Type: Review

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