EMF-Portal | Study overviews

Authors	Year	Study type	Study group	Observation period	Study location	Endpoints	Parameters
Inskip PD et al.	2003	-	men, women	1974 - 1998	USA	Augen-Melanom	mobile phone, mobile communications, also other exposures without EMF
Nelson PD et al.	2006	-	men, women	1979 - 2001	UK	acoustic neuroma, other benign cranial nerve neoplasms	mobile communications, analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, personal
Wolf R et al.	2004	-	men, women	July 1997 - June 1998	Israel	all cancer	mobile communications, mobile phone base station, TDMA, residential
Gao H et al.	2019	-	-	2004 - 2015	UK	all cancer	mobile communications, TETRA/TETRAPOL, occupational
Zaki AM et al.	2020	meta-analysis	children, 0–15 years	-	Iran, Italy, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, Canada, USA, New Zealand	all childhood cancer, childhood leukemia	mobile communications, mobile phone, mobile phone base station, microwaves, cordless phone, RF field, Radio/TV transmitter, electric field, magnetic field, PC/TV monitor, low frequency, power transmission line, EMF general, laptop/tablet, residential, co-exposure
Sadetzki S et al.	2008	case-control study	men, women, ≥ 18 years	January 2001 - December 2003	Israel	benign and malignant parotid gland tumors	mobile communications, analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, 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
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
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
Balekouzou A et al.	2017	case-control study	women	2003 - 2015	Central African Republic	breast cancer	mobile phone, mobile communications, also other exposures without EMF, not extractable
Shih YW et al.	2020	case-control study	women, ≥ 20 years	2017 - 2018	Taiwan	breast cancer	mobile communications, mobile phone
Rodrigues NCP et al.	2021	ecological study	men, women	-	Brazil	breast cancer, all cancer, cervix cancer, lung cancer and esophagus cancer	mobile communications, mobile phone base station
Stewart A et al.	2012	-	men, women, 20–80 years	1975 - 2010	UK	breast cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, lung cancer, prostate cancer, non-melanoma skin cancer, all cancer	mobile phone base station, mobile communications, residential
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
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
Duan Y et al.	2011	case-control study	men, women, 7–80 years	January 1993 - March 2010	China	epithelial parotid gland tumors and mucoepidermoid carcinomas	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
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
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
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
Gao Y et al.	2023	case-control study	men, women	-	Finnland	gutartige Speicheldrüsen-Tumor	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
Warren HG et al.	2003	case-control study	men, women, ≥ 18 years	July 1995 - July 2000	USA	intratemporal facial nerve tumor	mobile communications, analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, cordless phone, personal
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

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