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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
Hartikka H et al. 2009 - men, women, 20–60 years November 2000 - October 2002 Finland glioma 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
Deltour I et al. 2012 - men, women, 20–79 years 1979 - 2008 Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden glioma mobile phone, mobile communications, theoretical/in silico study
Little MP et al. 2012 - men, women, ≥ 18 years 1997 - 2008 USA glioma mobile phone, mobile communications, 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. 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
Leitgeb N 2015 - men, women - Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Germany, France, UK, USA, Japan glioma mobile phone, 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
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
Wang Y et al. 2016 meta-analysis men, women - - glioma mobile phone, mobile communications, personal
Yang M et al. 2017 meta-analysis men, women, 15–80 years - USA, Denmark, Sweden, United Kingdom, Germany, Norway, Finland, Japan, France, Korea glioma mobile phone, mobile communications
Wang P et al. 2018 meta-analysis men, women, 18–80 years 1994 - 2007 USA, Korea, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, and the UK glioma mobile phone, mobile communications
Olsson A et al. 2019 - men, women - Denmark, Finland and Sweden glioma mobile communications, mobile phone
Villeneuve PJ et al. 2021 - men, women 1992 - 2015 Canada glioma mobile communications, mobile phone
Bayatli E et al. 2022 - men, women, ≥ 18 years 2017 - 2020 Turkey glioma mobile communications, mobile phone
Elwood JM et al. 2022 - men, women, children, ≥ 10 years 1995 - 2020 New Zealand glioma mobile communications, mobile phone
Deltour I et al. 2022 - men, 40–69 years 1979 - 2016 Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden glioma mobile communications, mobile phone
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
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
Deltour I et al. 2009 - men, women, 20–79 years 1974 - 2003 Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden glioma and meningioma mobile communications, mobile phone, personal
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
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
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
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
Hardell L et al. 2008 meta-analysis men, women - Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Germany, France, UK, USA, Japan glioma, acoustic neuroma and meningioma mobile communications, analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, GSM, NMT, mobile phone, personal
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
de Vocht F 2016 - men, women 1985 - 2014 UK glioma, glioblastoma, malignant neoplasms of the temporal lobe and parietal lobe 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
Lahkola A et al. 2006 meta-analysis men, women 1982 - 2004 Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, USA glioma, meningioma and acoustic neuroma analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, GSM, NMT, mobile communications, 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
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
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
Inskip PD et al. 2001 case-control study men, women, ≥ 18 years June 1994 - August 1998 USA glioma, meningioma, acoustic neuroma mobile communications, analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, cordless phone, personal
Prasad M et al. 2017 meta-analysis men, women - Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Germany, United Kingdom, France, USA, Japan glioma, meningioma, acoustic neuroma mobile phone, mobile communications, analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, cordless phone
Bortkiewicz A et al. 2017 meta-analysis men, women 1994 - 2009 Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Israel, USA, Japan glioma, meningioma, acoustic neuroma, intracranial tumors: salivary gland tumor, facial tumor, uveal melanoma mobile phone, analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, mobile communications
Röösli M et al. 2019 - - - - glioma, meningioma, acoustic neuroma, pituitary tumor, salivary gland tumor, childhood brain/CNS tumor mobile phone, mobile communications
Kan P et al. 2008 meta-analysis men, women 1994 - 2004 Europe, North America glioma, meningioma, and acoustic neuroma mobile communications, analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, personal
Lagorio S et al. 2014 meta-analysis men, women 1994 - 2007 Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Israel, USA, Japan glioma, meningioma, and acoustic neuroma mobile phone, analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, mobile communications, 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
Frei P et al. 2011 cohort study men, women, ≥ 30 years 1990 - 2007 Denmark glioma, meningioma, other/unspecified brain tumor, cancers related to smoking, all cancer mobile communications, mobile phone
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
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
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
Cao X et al. 2022 meta-analysis - - - glioma, thyroid cancer, headache, ADHD, dry eye disease, damage to the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier, serum S100B protein level mobile communications, mobile phone, also other exposures without EMF
Zhang Y et al. 2024 - men, women, 37–73 years - United Kingdom head and neck, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, colorectum, anus and anal canal, liver, pancreas, lung, melanoma, nonmelanoma skin cancer, mesothelial and soft tissue, vulva, cervix, uterus, ovary, prostate, kidney, urinary tract, thyroid gland, brain/CNS/ intracranial cancer, glioma, breast cancer, overall cancer, leukemia, non-Hodgkin lymphoma and multiple myeloma mobile communications, mobile phone
Schüz J et al. 2006 cohort study men, women, ≥ 18 years January 1982 - December 1995, followed up through December 2002 Denmark leukemia and lymphoma, acoustic neuromas, salivary gland tumors, eye tumors, and all other cancers mobile communications, analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, GSM, NMT, 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
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
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