New Zealand adolescents' cellphone and cordless phone user-habits: Are they at increased risk of brain tumours already? A cross-sectional study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Redmayne, Mary ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Brain tumour; Cellphone; Habits; Mobile phone; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MOBILE PHONE; NEW ZEALAND; PHONE CALL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TEXT MESSAGING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELLULAR PHONE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; QUESTIONNAIRES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880644056     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-12-5     Document Type: Article

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