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Mobile phone related articles are

Please note that a publication can be assigned to several endpoints, i.e. the sum of publications from the individual thematic points and subpoints can be greater than the total sum of actual publications.

Epidemiological studies on mobile communications

403 studies in total
  1. Brain cancer
    135 studies
  2. Other
    135 studies
  3. Hypersensitivity/well-being/subjective complaints
    112 studies
  4. Other types of cancer
    58 studies
  5. Leukemia/lymphoma
    20 studies

Brain cancer 135 studies in total

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Authors Year Study type Study group Observation period Study location Endpoints Parameters
Authors Year Study type Study group Observation period Study location Endpoints Parameters
Hardell L et al. 2001 case-control study men, women, 21–80 years 1994 - 1996 Sweden brain tumor mobile communications, analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, GSM, NMT, magnetic field, 50/60 Hz, PC/TV monitor, occupational, personal, also other exposures without EMF
Hardell L et al. 2002 case-control study men, women, 20–80 years January 1997 - June 2000 Sweden brain tumor mobile communications, analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, GSM, NMT, cordless phone, personal
Hardell L et al. 2002 case-control study men, women, 20–80 years January 1997 - June 2000 Sweden malignant brain tumor mobile communications, analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, GSM, NMT, cordless phone, personal
Hardell L et al. 2003 case-control study men, women, 20–80 years January 1997 - June 2000 Sweden brain tumor mobile communications, analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, GSM, NMT, cordless phone, personal
Christensen HC et al. 2004 case-control study men, women, 20–69 years September 2000 - August 2002 Denmark acoustic neuroma mobile communications, mobile phone, personal
Lönn S et al. 2004 case-control study men, women, 20–69 years September 1999 - August 2002 Sweden acoustic neuroma mobile communications, analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, GSM, NMT, DECT, personal
Lönn S et al. 2005 case-control study men, women, 20–69 years September 2000 - August 2002 Sweden glioma and meningioma mobile communications, analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, GSM, NMT, DECT, personal
Christensen HC et al. 2005 case-control study men, women, 20–69 years September 1999 - August 2002 Denmark glioma and meningioma mobile communications, mobile phone, personal
Hardell L et al. 2005 case-control study men, women, 20–80 years January 1997 - June 2000 Sweden brain tumor mobile communications, analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, GSM, NMT, cordless phone, personal
Hardell L et al. 2005 case-control study men, women, 20–80 years July 2000 - December 2003 Sweden benign brain tumors: meningioma, acoustic neuroma and other types mobile communications, analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, cordless phone, personal
Hardell L et al. 2006 case-control study men, women, 20–80 years July 2000 - December 2003 Sweden malignant brain tumor mobile communications, analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, cordless phone, personal
Hardell L et al. 2004 case-control study men, women, 20–80 years January 1997 - June 2000 Sweden brain tumor mobile communications, analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, GSM, NMT, cordless phone, personal
Hepworth SJ et al. 2006 case-control study men, women, 18–69 years December 2000 - June 2003, partly until February 2004 UK glioma analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, mobile communications, personal
Schüz J et al. 2006 case-control study men, women, 30–69 years October 2000 - October 2003 Germany glioma and meningioma mobile communications, analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, mobile phone, cordless phone, personal
Berg G et al. 2006 case-control study men, women, 30–69 years October 2000 - October 2003 Germany meningioma and glioma digital mobile phone, mobile phone base station, mobile communications, RF field, microwaves, wireless transmitter, occupational, also other exposures without EMF, therapeutic/medical device
Takebayashi T et al. 2006 case-control study men, women, 30–69 years December 2000 - November 2004 Japan acoustic neuroma mobile communications, analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, PDC, personal
Lahkola A et al. 2007 case-control study men, women, 20–69 years September 1999 - February 2004 Denmark, Finland glioma mobile communications, analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, mobile phone, personal
Klaeboe L et al. 2007 case-control study men, women 2001 - 2002 Norway glioma, meningioma, acoustic neurinoma mobile communications, analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, personal
Schlehofer B et al. 2007 case-control study men, women, 30–69 years October 2000 - October 2003 Germany acoustic neuroma mobile communications, analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, occupational, personal, also other exposures without EMF
Takebayashi T et al. 2008 case-control study men, women, 30–69 years December 2000 - November 2004 Japan glioma, meningioma, pituitary adenoma mobile communications, analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, PDC, PHS, cordless phone, personal
Lahkola A et al. 2008 case-control study men, women, 20–69 years September 1999 - February 2004 Denmark, Finland meningioma analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, mobile communications, personal
Schoemaker MJ et al. 2009 case-control study men, women, 18–59 years December 2000 - February 2005 UK pituitary tumor mobile communications, analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, personal
Gousias K et al. 2009 case-control study men, women June 2005 - May 2007 Greece glioma mobile communications, mobile phone, personal, also other exposures without EMF
Spinelli V et al. 2010 case-control study men, women, ≥ 18 years January - December 2005 France malignant primary brain tumor mobile communications, mobile phone, mobile phone base station, electric field, static magnetic field, power transmission line, occupational, residential, personal, also other exposures without EMF
INTERPHONE Study Group et al. 2010 case-control study men, women, 30–59 years 2000 - 2004 Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, and the UK glioma and meningioma mobile communications, analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, personal
Hardell L et al. 2010 case-control study men, women, 20–80 years 1997 - 2003 Sweden malignant brain tumor mobile communications, analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, cordless phone, personal
Elliott P et al. 2010 case-control study children, 0–4 years 1999 - 2001 Great Britain childhood leukemia, childhood lymphoma, childhood brain/CNS tumor, all childhood cancer mobile communications, mobile phone base station, GSM, residential
Cardis E et al. 2011 case-control study men, women, 30–59 years 2000 - 2004 Australia, Canada, France, Israel and New Zealand glioma and meningioma mobile communications, digital mobile phone, GSM, D-AMPS, CDMA, personal
Aydin D et al. 2011 case-control study men, women, children, 7–19 years January 2004 - August 2008 Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Switzerland brain tumor, intracranial central nervous system tumor: ependymoma, astrocytoma, primitive neuroectodermal tumor, other glioma, other specified intracranial neoplasms, and unspecified intra-cranial neoplasms mobile communications, digital mobile phone, cordless phone, other domestic appliance, personal
Baldi I et al. 2011 case-control study men, women, ≥ 16 years May 1999 - April 2001 France glioma, meningioma, acoustic neurinoma, and other brain tumor types mobile communications, mobile phone, RF field, magnetic field, 50/60 Hz, power transmission line, occupational, residential, personal
INTERPHONE Study Group et al. 2011 case-control study men, women, 30–59 years 2000 - 2004 Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, and the UK acoustic neuroma mobile communications, mobile phone, personal
Atzmon I et al. 2012 case-control study men, women 1989 - 2007 Israel leukemia and lymphoma, brain tumor, breast cancer, colorectal, lung, uterine, liver, stomach, ovarian, pancreas, prostate, cervix, and bladder cancer, all cancer mobile phone base station, mobile communications, Radio/TV transmitter, wireless transmitter, residential, also other exposures without EMF
Li CY et al. 2012 case-control study children, 0–15 years 2003 - 2007 Taiwan childhood leukemia, brain tumor, all childhood cancer and benign neoplasms mobile phone base station, mobile communications, residential
Carlberg M et al. 2013 case-control study men, women, 18–75 years 2007 - 2009 Sweden meningioma mobile phone, analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, GSM, UMTS, NMT, mobile communications, DECT, cordless phone, personal
Han YY et al. 2012 case-control study men, women 1997 - 2007 USA vestibular schwannoma mobile phone, mobile communications, also other exposures without EMF
Hardell L et al. 2013 case-control study men, women, 18–75 years 2007 - 2009 Sweden malignant brain tumors (different types of glioma: astrocytoma, medulloblastoma, oligodendroglioma, ependymoma, and other malignant brain tumors) mobile phone, analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, GSM, UMTS, NMT, mobile communications, DECT, cordless phone, personal
Pettersson D et al. 2014 case-control study men, women, 20–69 years September 2002 - August 2007 Sweden acoustic neuroma analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, mobile communications, cordless phone, personal
Moon IS et al. 2014 case-control study men, women, ≥ 18 years January 1991 - December 2010 South Korea vestibular schwannoma mobile phone, mobile communications, personal
Coureau G et al. 2014 case-control study men, women, ≥ 16 years June 2004 - May 2006 France glioma and meningioma mobile phone, mobile communications, occupational, personal
Shrestha M et al. 2015 case-control study men, women, 20–69 years 2000 - 2002 Finland pituitary tumor analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, GSM, NMT, mobile communications
Yoon S et al. 2015 case-control study men, women, 15–69 years 2002 - 2007 Korea glioma mobile phone, analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, mobile communications
Leng L et al. 2016 case-control study men, women, children, 6–82 years 2006 - 2010 China pituitary tumor mobile phone, mobile communications, also other exposures without EMF
Momoli F et al. 2017 case-control study men, women, 30–59 years 2001 - 2004 Canada glioma, meningioma and acoustic neuroma, parotid gland tumor mobile phone, mobile communications
Vila J et al. 2018 case-control study men, women - Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, New Zealand and UK glioma and meningioma mobile communications, mobile phone base station, RF field, Radio/TV transmitter, wireless transmitter, radar, microw. oven/heating device, EAS/RFID, millimeter waves, intermediate frequency, electric field, magnetic field, high volt./current device/welder, occupational, therapeutic/medical device
Castaño-Vinyals G et al. 2021 case-control study men, women, children, 10–24 years 2010 - 2015 Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Spain neuroepithelial brain tumors (e.g. glioma, embryonal brain tumor) mobile communications, mobile phone, cordless phone, RF field, low frequency
Kojimahara N et al. 2024 case-control study men, women, children, 10–24 years 2011 - 2015 Japan and Korea glioma, brain tumor mobile communications, mobile phone, CDMA, W-CDMA, LTE, PDC, PHS, DECT
Schoemaker MJ et al. 2005 case-control study, pooled analysis men, women, 20–69 years September 1999 - August 2004 Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden acoustic neuroma mobile communications, analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, personal
Hardell L et al. 2006 case-control study, pooled analysis men, women, 20–80 years January 1997 - December 2003 Sweden benign brain tumors: meningioma, acoustic neuroma and other types mobile communications, analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, mobile phone, cordless phone, personal
Hardell L et al. 2006 case-control study, pooled analysis men, women, 20–80 years 1997 - 2003 Sweden malignant brain tumors mobile communications, analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, cordless phone, personal
Hardell L et al. 2009 case-control study, pooled analysis men, women, 20–80 years 1997 - 2003 Sweden astrocytoma, oligodendroglioma, other/mixed glioma, acoustic neuroma, meningioma and other types of benign brain tumors mobile communications, analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, cordless phone, personal