Study overviews

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. 135 studies
  2. 135 studies
  3. 112 studies
  4. 58 studies
  5. 20 studies
Authors Year Study type Study group Observation period Study location Endpoints Parameters
Hallberg O et al. 2004 - men, women 1981 - 2002 Sweden, Norway and Denmark due to circulation and nervous system problems, prostate cancer, health indicators e.g., sick-days, long-term sick, rehabilitation days, health cost increase mobile communications, digital mobile phone, mobile phone base station, GSM, personal
Hallberg Ö 2007 - men, women 1981 - 2002 Sweden due to external causes (accidents, car crashes, murder, etc.) and Alzheimer disease, health indicators e.g., sick-days, long-term sick, rehabilitation days, health cost increase mobile communications, digital mobile phone, mobile phone base station, GSM, residential
Hardell L et al. 2010 - men, women, 18–30 years not stated Sweden concentration of beta-trace protein in the blood mobile communications, analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, GSM, UMTS, DECT, personal
Buchner K et al. 2011 - men, women, children, 2–68 years January 2004 - July 2005 Germany level of adrenaline, noradrenaline, dopamine, and phenylethylamine in urine mobile communications, mobile phone base station, GSM, residential
Panda NK et al. 2011 - men, women, 18–45 years July 2008 - December 2009 India changes in hearing function mobile communications, mobile phone, GSM, CDMA, TDMA, personal
Mortazavi SM et al. 2013 - women, children in utero, newborns not stated Iran birth weight mobile phone, mobile communications, cordless phone, PC/TV monitor, 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
Col-Araz N 2013 - women, children in utero, newborns May - December 2009 Turkey birth weight and preterm birth mobile phone, mobile communications, PC/TV monitor, 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
Yildirim ME et al. 2015 - men, 18–63 years 2013 - 2014 Turkey sperm quality mobile phone, mobile communications, W-LAN/WiFi
Zhu Y et al. 2016 - men, women 2008 - 2012 China depression and anxiety mobile phone, mobile communications
Radwan M et al. 2016 - men, 22–45 years 2008 - 2011 Poland sperm damage (DNA fragmentation) mobile phone, mobile communications, personal
Zothansiama et al. 2017 - men, women - India DNA damage and antioxidants in peripheral blood lymphocytes mobile communications, mobile phone base station, residential
Schauer I et al. 2018 - men 1993 - 2007 Austria sperm concentration, motility, and morphology, testosterone, luteinizing hormone and follicle stimulating hormone levels mobile communications, mobile phone, analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone
Martens AL et al. 2018 - men 2011 - 2012, follow-up 2015 Netherlands sleep disturbances, non-specific health symptoms, respiratory symptoms mobile communications, mobile phone base station, GSM, UMTS, Radio/TV transmitter, also other exposures without EMF, residential
Shi X et al. 2018 - men - China semen quality mobile phone, mobile communications
Al-Bayyari N 2017 - men 2015 - 2016 Jordan semen quality and fertility mobile communications, mobile phone
Sudan M et al. 2018 - children, children in utero, 4–6 years - Denmark, Spain, Korea cognitive function mobile communications, mobile phone
Martens AL et al. 2018 - men, women, 31–65 years 2011 - 2012, follow-Up in 2013 and 2014 Netherlands non-specific somatic symptoms such as headaches, low back pain and dizziness, others mobile communications, mobile phone base station, Radio/TV transmitter
Zarei S et al. 2019 - women, children, children in utero, 3–7 years 2016 Iran speech problems mobile communications, mobile phone, mobile phone base station, W-LAN/WiFi, cordless phone, power transmission line, PC/TV monitor, also other exposures without EMF
Palal D et al. 2019 - men, women 2015 India hypertension mobile phone, mobile communications
Tsarna E et al. 2019 - women, children in utero, newborns 1996 - 2011 Denmark, Netherlands, Spain and Korea pregnancy duration, fetal growth and birth weight mobile phone, mobile communications
Elliott P et al. 2019 - men, women 2008 - 2018 UK sickness absence TETRA/TETRAPOL, mobile communications, occupational
Khaki-Khatibi F et al. 2019 - men, women 2014 - 2015 Iran multiple sclerosis mobile phone, mobile communications, audio/video dev., EMF general
Luna J et al. 2019 - men, women - France amyotrophic lateral sclerosis mobile communications, GSM, mobile phone base station, UHF fields, residential
Elsayed NM et al. 2016 - men, women, 15–65 years - Saudia Arabia thyroid gland lesions mobile communications, mobile phone
Pachuau L et al. 2014 - men, women 2012 Indien health symptoms: fatigue, nausea, discomfort, headache, memory loss, skin problem. hearing problem, dizziness, muscular pain, visual disruption, difficulty in concentration, sleep disturbances mobile communications, mobile phone base station
Kaya C et al. 2020 - men 2017 - 2018 Turkey semen quality mobile communications, mobile phone, also other exposures without EMF
Boileau N et al. 2020 - children in utero, newborns 2014 - 2017 France fetal growth, APGAR score, malformations, birth weight and head circumference mobile communications, mobile phone
Bektas H et al. 2020 - women, 18–40 years not stated Turkey protein carbonyl, malondialdehyde, 8-hydroxy-2-deoxyguanosine levels, total oxidant status, total antioxidant status and DNA single-strand breaks in cord blood and placenta mobile communications, mobile phone, W-LAN/WiFi
Blay RM et al. 2020 - men, 21–62 years not stated Ghana semen quality mobile communications, mobile phone, also other exposures without EMF
López I et al. 2021 - men, women 2019 Spain sleep duration, time to fall asleep, nightmares, headache, dizziness, fainting, tachycardia and tiredness, all cancer mobile communications, mobile phone base station, UMTS, GSM, CDMA, LTE, DECT, RF field, Bluetooth, W-LAN/WiFi
Rashmi B et al. 2020 - men, women, 19–45 years not stated India micronuclei in buccal mucosal cells mobile communications, mobile phone
Karuserci OK et al. 2019 - women, children in utero, newborns 2017 - 2018 Türkei gestational age at birth, birth weight, birth length and head circumference mobile communications, mobile phone, mobile phone base station, W-LAN/WiFi, laptop/tablet, residential
Philip P et al. 2017 - men, women, 21–45 years 2014 - 2015 India auditory function (tympanometry and distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAE)) mobile communications, mobile phone
Ghandehari M et al. 2021 - men, women 2018 Iran micronucleus assay in oral mucosa cells mobile communications, mobile phone
Kumar G et al. 2018 - men, women, 21–50 years 2017 - 2018 Indien hearing: Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emission (Dpoae) mobile communications, mobile phone
Khalil AM et al. 2022 - men, women, 18–27 years not stated Jordan gene expression of BAMBI and Survivin in oral squamous epithelial cells mobile communications, mobile phone
Alattar E et al. 2019 - women, 19–25 years 2018 Palästina general health status (e.g., headache, dizziness, concentration difficulties, dry mouth, drooling of saliva, pain in eyes and ears, anxiety, insomnia and forgetfulness), sleep disturbances, pH, flow rate and electrolyte concentration of saliva mobile communications, mobile phone
Bektas H et al. 2022 - children, children in utero - Turkey general motor movements mobile communications, mobile phone
Zhang S et al. 2022 - men, 20–40 years 2020 - 2021 China semen quality mobile communications, mobile phone
Bansal D et al. 2022 - men, women, 18–30 years 2015 - 2016 India salivary flow, salivary immunoglobulin A level and salivary markers for oxidative stress mobile communications, mobile phone, CDMA, GSM
Srujana Aravinda VS et al. 2022 - children, 4–14 years not stated India cellular changes in buccal mucosa mobile communications, mobile phone
Chandel P et al. 2022 - men, women not stated India short-interval time estimates mobile communications, mobile phone base station, residential
Chen HG et al. 2022 - men, 22–45 years 2017 - 2018 China sperm quality mobile communications, mobile phone, laptop/tablet
Sharqawi M et al. 2022 - men 2019 - 2020 Israel sperm function, telomere length and in vitro fertilization outcomes mobile communications, mobile phone, also other exposures without EMF
Al-Khlaiwi T et al. 2022 - men, 20–60 years 2020 - 2021 Saudi Arabia HbA1c level, body composition and life style, general health status mobile phone, mobile communications, also other exposures without EMF, co-exposure
Traini E et al. 2023 - men, women 2011 - 2021 the Netherlands non-specific health symptoms (e.g. headache, palpitations, low back pain), sleep disturbances, perceived RF-EMF exposure and risk, electromagnetic hypersensitivity mobile communications, mobile phone base station, mobile phone, 5G, Radio/TV transmitter, cordless phone, RF field, laptop/tablet
Thamilselvan S et al. 2021 - men, women, children, 5–50 years not stated India micronuclei in exfoliated buccal mucosa cells mobile communications, mobile phone base station
Mahila 2021 - men, women, 20–40 years not stated India heart rate variability, salivary cortisol level and cognition mobile communications, mobile phone base station, W-LAN/WiFi