Case-control study of the association between malignant brain tumours diagnosed between 2007 and 2009 and mobile and cordless phone use

International Journal of Oncology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1833-1845

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

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

25 years latency; Glioma; Ipsilateral; Time since first exposure; Wireless phones

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIOFREQUENCY; TELEPHONE; TEMPORAL LOBE; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELLULAR PHONE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK; TELEPHONE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888261125     PISSN: 10196439     EISSN: 17912423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2013.2111     Document Type: Article

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