Pooled analysis of case-control studies on acoustic neuroma diagnosed 1997-2003 and 2007-2009 and use of mobile and cordless phones

International Journal of Oncology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1036-1044

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

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cell phones; Ionzing radiation; Risk factors; Vestibular schwannoma; Wireless phones

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL STATUS; SWEDEN; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELLULAR PHONE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84882320998     PISSN: 10196439     EISSN: 17912423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2013.2025     Document Type: Article

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