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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
Choi YJ et al. 2020 meta-analysis men, women 1994 - 2010 Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, UK, Germany, France, Switzerland, Israel, USA, Japan, Thailand leukemia and lymphoma, brain tumor, parotid gland tumor, uveal melanoma mobile communications, mobile phone
Kim SJH et al. 2015 - men, women, children, ≥ 10 years 1995 - 2010 New Zealand all types of brain cancer including the brain (e.g. glioma), meninges, central nervous system and cranial nerves mobile phone, mobile communications
Philips A et al. 2018 - men, women 1995 - 2015 UK brain tumor mobile communications, mobile phone, magnetic field, also other exposures without EMF
Elwood JM et al. 2022 - men, women, children, ≥ 10 years 1995 - 2020 New Zealand glioma mobile communications, mobile phone
Auvinen A et al. 2002 case-control study men, women, 20–69 years 1996 Finland brain tumor, salivary gland cancer mobile communications, analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, personal
Dode AC et al. 2011 ecological study men, women 1996 - 2006 Brazil leukemia and lymphoma, brain tumor, breast cancer, malignant melanoma, kidney cancer, ovary cancer, pancreas cancer, bladder cancer, prostate cancer mobile communications, mobile phone base station, residential
Benson VS et al. 2013 cohort study women, ≥ 50 years 1996 - 2009, baseline survey on mobile phone use 1999 - 2005, follow-up in 2009 UK non-Hodgkin lymphoma, myeloma, and leukaemia, glioma, meningioma, pituitary tumor, acoustic neuroma, breast cancer, other head and neck tumors; cancer of oesophagus, stomach, colon, rectum, pancreas, lung, melanoma, cancer of endometrium, ovary, kidney, bladder, eye, and thyroid mobile phone, mobile communications, personal
de Vocht F 2021 - men, women 1996 - 2017 UK brain tumor, cancer of the parotid gland, cancer of the thyroid gland, cancer of the colon and rectum mobile communications, mobile phone
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
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
Hardell L et al. 2011 case-control study, pooled analysis men, women, 20–80 years 1997 - 2003 Sweden malignant brain tumors: glioma, meningioma, astrocytoma, oligodendroglioma analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, mobile communications, cordless phone, personal
Carlberg M et al. 2012 case-control study, pooled analysis men, women, 20–80 years 1997 - 2003 Sweden glioma analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, mobile communications, cordless phone, personal, also other exposures without EMF
Hardell L et al. 2013 - men, women, 20–80 years 1997 - 2003 Sweden glioma, survival analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, mobile communications, cordless phone, personal
Hardell L et al. 2013 case-control study, pooled analysis men, women, 18–80 years 1997 - 2003, 2007 - 2009 Sweden acoustic neuroma analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, GSM, UMTS, mobile communications, cordless phone, personal
Carlberg M et al. 2014 - men, women, 19–80 years 1997 - 2003, 2007 - 2009 Sweden glioma, survival analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, mobile communications, cordless phone, personal
Hardell L et al. 2015 case-control study, pooled analysis men, women, 18–80 years 1997 - 2003, 2007 - 2009 Sweden glioma mobile phone, analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, GSM, UMTS, NMT, mobile communications, cordless phone, personal
Carlberg M et al. 2015 case-control study, pooled analysis men, women, 18–80 years 1997 - 2003, 2007 - 2009 Sweden meningioma mobile phone, analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, mobile communications, cordless phone
Han YY et al. 2012 case-control study men, women 1997 - 2007 USA vestibular schwannoma mobile phone, mobile communications, also other exposures without EMF
Little MP et al. 2012 - men, women, ≥ 18 years 1997 - 2008 USA glioma mobile phone, mobile communications, personal
Muscat JE et al. 2002 case-control study men, women, ≥ 18 years 1997-1999 USA acoustic neuroma mobile communications, mobile phone, personal
Schüz J et al. 2011 cohort study men, women, ≥ 30 years 1998 - 2006 Denmark vestibular schwannoma, also termed acoustic neuroma mobile communications, mobile phone
de Vocht F et al. 2011 - men, women, children 1998 - 2007 UK malignant brain cancer (mainly glioma), childhood brain/CNS tumor digital mobile phone, mobile communications, 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
Choi KH et al. 2021 - men, women, children 1999 - 2017 Korea brain tumor mobile communications, mobile phone, analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone
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
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
Lehrer S et al. 2011 - men, women 2000 - 2004 USA brain tumor mobile communications, mobile phone, personal
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
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
Grell K et al. 2016 - men, women, 30–59 years 2000 - 2004 Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, UK glioma mobile phone, mobile communications
Eger H et al. 2009 preliminary study men, women, children, ≥ 10 years 2000 - 2007 Germany brain tumor, thyroid cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer, lung cancer, liver cancer, prostate cancer, kidney cancer, ovarian carcinoma, melanoma, childhood brain/CNS tumor, other childhood cancer mobile communications, mobile phone base station, residential
Hsu MH et al. 2013 - men, women 2000 - 2009 Taiwan malignant neoplasm in the brain mobile phone, mobile communications, personal
Uddin M et al. 2023 - men, women 2000 - 2019 Taiwan malignant neoplasm in the brain mobile communications, mobile phone
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
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
Schüz J et al. 2022 - women, 50–79 years 2001 - 2015 UK glioma, glioblastoma, meningioma, pituitary tumor and acoustic neuroma mobile communications, mobile phone
Meyer M et al. 2006 ecological study men, women 2002 - 2003 Germany leukemia, brain tumor, breast cancer, thyroid gland tumor, and other types mobile communications, digital mobile phone, mobile phone base station, residential
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
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
Salahaldin AH et al. 2006 - men, women, 34–66 years 2004 - 2005 Qatar acoustic neuroma digital mobile phone, mobile communications, mobile phone, personal
Withrow DR et al. 2021 - men, women, ≥ 20 years 2004 - 2017 USA nonmalignant meningioma and vestibular schwannoma mobile communications, mobile phone
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
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
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
Feychting M et al. 2024 prospective cohort study men, women, ≥ 18 years 2007-2020 Denmark, Finland, Sweden, The Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom glioma, meningioma, and acoustic neuroma mobile communications, mobile phone
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
Bayatli E et al. 2022 - men, women, ≥ 18 years 2017 - 2020 Turkey glioma mobile communications, mobile phone
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