Maternal cell phone and cordless phone use during pregnancy and behaviour problems in 5-year-old children

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 432-438

  Guxens, Mònica ^a   van Eijsden, Manon ^b,c   Vermeulen, Roel ^a,d   Loomans, Eva ^b,e   Vrijkotte, Tanja G M ^f   Komhout, Hans ^a   van Strien, Rob T ^b   Huss, Anke ^a,g  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^e TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; PREGNANCY;

AMSTERDAM [NORTH HOLLAND]; NETHERLANDS; NORTH HOLLAND;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOBILE PHONE; MOTHER; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; STATISTICS; TELEPHONE; UNIVERSITY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CELLULAR PHONE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTHERS; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEPHONE;

EID: 84883053551     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2012-201792     Document Type: Article

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