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Article: Cellular and cordless telephone use and the association with brain tumors in different age groups.(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- Archives of Environmental Health
- Article date:
- March 1, 2004
- Author:
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OUR FIRST STUDY on the use of cellular and cordless telephones and the risk for brain tumors indicated an increased risk for tumors appearing on the same side (ipsilateral) as the use of a cellular phone. (1,2) The results were based on fairly low numbers (90% of participating cases [n = 209] and 91% of participating controls [n = 425]), so we performed a larger casecontrol study on the same issue. (3-6) Clearly, these results showed an association with analog cellular telephones, with the highest risk for ipsilateral use. There has been much debate in the media regarding whether young people might be more sensitive to microwave emissions from cellular phones than older ...