Meningioma patients diagnosed 2007-2009 and the association with use of mobile and cordless phones: A case-control study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Carlberg, Michael ^a   Söderqvist, Fredrik ^a,b,c   Hansson Mild, Kjell ^d   Hardell, Lennart ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Västmanland County Hospital   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

25 years latency; Benign brain tumour; Case control study; Meningioma; Wireless phones

Indexed keywords

AGE; BRAIN; DISEASE CONTROL; GENDER; MOBILITY; RISK FACTOR; TUMOR;

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SIZE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEMANGIOBLASTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IONIZING RADIATION; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MOBILE PHONE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION; ADOLESCENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RISK; SWEDEN; TUMOR VOLUME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL PHONES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; SWEDEN; TUMOR BURDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881174776     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-12-60     Document Type: Article

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