Using the hill viewpoints from 1965 for evaluating strengths of evidence of the risk for brain tumors associated with use of mobile and cordless phones

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 28, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 97-106

  Hardell, Lennart ^a   Carlberg, Michael ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Causation; Glioma; Hill criteria; Wireless phones

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TUMOR; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MOBILE PHONE; NEUROMA; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; REVIEW; RISK; RISK FACTOR;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELLULAR PHONE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; ODDS RATIO; RADIO WAVES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84888214139     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/reveh-2013-0006     Document Type: Review

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