Swedish review strengthens grounds for concluding that radiation from cellular and cordless phones is a probable human carcinogen

Pathophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 123-129

  Davis, Devra Lee ^a   Kesari, Santosh ^b   Soskolne, Colin L ^c,d   Miller, Anthony B ^e   Stein, Yael ^f,g  

^a Environmental Health Trust   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^g HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

2A; 2B; Acoustic neuroma; Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Acute lymphocytic leukemia; Acute myelogenous leukemia lymphoid leukemia; Brain cancer; Case control; Epidemiology; Health services; Human carcinogen; IARC; Microwave radiation; Misclassification; Mobile phone; Non ionizing radiation; Precautionary advice; Supply of oncologists; WHO

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEGAL LIABILITY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOBILE PHONE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RESEARCH PRIORITY; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84878430117     PISSN: 09284680     EISSN: 1873149X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pathophys.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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