| Document ID (ISN) | 107412 |
| CIS number |
07-1456 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1080-3548 - International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics |
| Year |
2007 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Hansson Mild K., Hardell L., Carlberg M. |
| Title |
Pooled analysis of two Swedish case-control studies on the use of mobile and cordless telephones and the risk of brain tumours diagnosed during 1997-2003 |
| Bibliographic information |
2007, Vol.13, No.1, p.63-71. 11 ref. |
| Abstract |
The findings of a pooled analysis of two case-control studies on the association of brain tumours with mobile phone use are presented. It was found that analogue cellular phones increased the risk for acoustic neuroma by 2-9% per 100hrs of use. There was also an increased risk of grade III-IV astrocytoma with latency period with highest estimates using a time period of over ten years from first use of these phone types. The risk increased per one year of use of analogue phones by 10%, digital phones by 11%, and cordless phones by 8%. For all three phone types studied, the odds ratios of brain tumours, mainly acoustic neuroma and malignant tumours, increased with the latency period, especially for astrocytoma grade III-IV. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
non-ionizing radiation; radiofrequency radiation; risk factors; brain cancer; mobile telephony; latency |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
Sweden; case-control study; hazard evaluation |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Sweden |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Physical hazards
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Non-ionizing radiation
Diseases of the nervous system
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