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
Arns M et al. 2007 preliminary study men, women not given USA brain function, neuropsychological performance, and personality mobile communications, digital mobile phone, personal
Kücer N 2008 survey men, women not given Turkey ocular symptoms: blurring of vision, redness, vision disturbance, secretion, inflammation, and lachrymation (secretion of tears) mobile communications, mobile phone, personal
Khan MM 2008 survey men, women not given Saudi-Arabia chronic headache, impaired concentration, impaired memory, fatigue, hearing problem, skin disease, warmth around the ear, sleeplessness, self-rated health condition, relation of symptoms to mobile phone use mobile communications, mobile phone, personal
Suresh S et al. 2011 survey men, women 2008 USA hypertension mobile communications, mobile phone, personal
Zhu Y et al. 2016 - men, women 2008 - 2012 China depression and anxiety mobile phone, mobile communications
Kjellqvist A et al. 2016 cross-sectional study men, women not stated Sweden psychological symptoms (obsessive–compulsive, interpersonal sensitivity, hostility, phobic anxiety, paranoid ideation, psychoticism) and health-related quality of life (vitality, physical functioning, bodily pain, general health perceptions, physical role functioning, emotional role functioning, social role functioning, mental health) mobile phone, mobile communications, PC/TV monitor, other domestic appliance, magnetic field, EMF general
Mohammadianinejad SE et al. 2016 cohort study men, women 2014 - 2015 Iran migraine mobile phone, mobile communications, W-LAN/WiFi, cordless phone
Zothansiama et al. 2017 - men, women - India DNA damage and antioxidants in peripheral blood lymphocytes mobile communications, mobile phone base station, residential
Palal D et al. 2019 - men, women 2015 India hypertension 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
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
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
Ghandehari M et al. 2021 - men, women 2018 Iran micronucleus assay in oral mucosa cells 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
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
Rabiei M et al. 2023 - men, women not stated Iran adverse health effects mobile communications, mobile phone, W-LAN/WiFi
Ye Z et al. 2023 - men, women 2006 - 2021 United Kingdom new-onset hypertension mobile communications, mobile phone
Chia SE et al. 2000 cross-sectional study men, women, 12–70 years January 2000 Singapore CNS symptoms: headache, dizziness, difficulties in concentration, loss of memory, unusual drowsiness or tiredness, sense of warmth behind or around the ear, burning sensation to the ear and face, tingling sensation to the face, and visual disturbances mobile communications, digital mobile phone, personal
Elsayed NM et al. 2016 - men, women, 15–65 years - Saudia Arabia thyroid gland lesions mobile communications, mobile phone
Al-Khlaiwi TM et al. 2020 cross-sectional study men, women, 15–65 years 2019 - 2020 Saudi Arabia cognitive function impairment mobile communications, mobile phone
Berg-Beckhoff G et al. 2009 cross-sectional study men, women, 15–71 years March - August 2006 Germany headaches, health complaints, mental, and physical health, sleep disturbances, risk perception (not concerned, concerned, attributed own adverse health effects to base stations) mobile communications, mobile phone base station, GSM, UMTS, TETRA/TETRAPOL, Bluetooth, DECT, W-LAN/WiFi, TV broadcast (VHF/UHF), FM broadcast (UKW), DVB-T, residential