Use of mobile and cordless phones and survival of patients with glioma

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 101-108

  Hardell, Lennart ^a   Carlberg, Michael ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cordless phones; Glioma; Mobile phones; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MOBILE PHONE; SURVIVAL; ADULT; AGED; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELLULAR PHONE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM GRADING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867680950     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: 14230208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000341905     Document Type: Article

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