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 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
Söderqvist F et al. 2009 cross-sectional study men, women, 18–65 years 2007 Sweden serum S100B level mobile communications, analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, GSM, UMTS, NMT, DECT, personal
Söderqvist F et al. 2009 cross-sectional study men, women, 18–65 years 2007 Sweden serum transthyretin level mobile communications, analog mobile phone, digital mobile phone, GSM, UMTS, NMT, DECT, personal
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
Söderqvist F et al. 2012 cross-sectional study men, women, 18–65 years 2007 Sweden concentration of serum beta-trace protein in the blood mobile phone, mobile communications, 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
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
Oftedal G et al. 2000 cross-sectional study men, women 1996 Sweden, Norway subjective symptoms: dizziness, feelings of discomfort, difficulties concentrating, memory loss, unusual fatigue, headaches, sensations of warmth behind/ around/ on the ear, burning sensations in the facial skin, tingling/tightness sensations in the facial skin and other symptoms, details of symptom experience (e.g. duration of symptoms, medical consultation and sick leave), conditions under which the symptoms are experienced (e.g. long duration mobile phone calls), measures to reduce the symptoms mobile communications, GSM, NMT, PC/TV monitor, occupational, personal
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
Schoeni A et al. 2015 cohort study children, 12–17 years 2012 - 2014 Switzerland memory performance (verbal and figural memory) mobile phone, mobile phone base station, GSM, UMTS, mobile communications, cordless phone, W-LAN/WiFi, Radio/TV transmitter
Foerster M et al. 2018 cohort study children, 12–17 years 2012 - 2014, follow-up 2016 Switzerland memory performance mobile communications, mobile phone
Rahban R et al. 2023 - men, 18–22 years 2005 - 2018 Switzerland semen quality: volume, sperm concentration, total sperm count, sperm motility and morphology mobile communications, mobile phone
Eeftens M et al. 2023 - men, women, 18–70 years 2019 - 2020 Switzerland and France cognitive performance, health-related quality of life, sleep duration and quality mobile communications, mobile phone, cordless phone
Guxens M et al. 2016 cohort study children, 5–6 years 2003 - 2010 The Netherlands cognitive function: speed of information processing, inhibitory control, cognitive flexibility, and visuomotor coordination mobile phone, mobile phone base station, GSM, UMTS, mobile communications, cordless phone, W-LAN/WiFi, residential, personal
Guxens M et al. 2019 cross-sectional study children, 5 years 2003 - 2010 The Netherlands emotional and behavioural problems mobile communications, mobile phone, mobile phone base station, GSM, UMTS, cordless phone, W-LAN/WiFi, also other exposures without EMF
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
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
Yildirim ME et al. 2015 - men, 18–63 years 2013 - 2014 Turkey sperm quality mobile phone, mobile communications, W-LAN/WiFi
Kaya C et al. 2020 - men 2017 - 2018 Turkey semen quality mobile communications, mobile phone, also other exposures without EMF
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
Bektas H et al. 2022 - children, children in utero - Turkey general motor movements mobile communications, mobile phone
Büyükeren M et al. 2024 - women, children in utero, newborns September 2020 - February 2021 Turkey gestational ages, birth weight, birth length, head circumference, sex, 5-minute APGAR scores, neonate postpartum resuscitation requirement, delivery type mobile communications, mobile phone
Özen G et al. 2023 - women, children in utero, newborns 2019 - 2020 Turkey total antioxidant status, total oxidant status, levels of ischemia modified albumin, total thiol, native thiol, disulfide levels and disulfide/total thiol, disulfide/native thiol and native thiol/total thiol ratios in umblical cord blood mobile communications, mobile phone, personal
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
Elliott P et al. 2019 - men, women 2008 - 2018 UK sickness absence TETRA/TETRAPOL, mobile communications, occupational
Zhang Y et al. 2023 - men, women, 37–73 years 2006 - 2010 UK new-onset chronic kidney disease mobile communications, mobile phone
Rothman KJ et al. 1996 cohort study men, women 1994 USA mortality mobile communications, analog mobile phone, personal
Dreyer NA et al. 1999 cohort study men, women 1994 USA leukemia, brain tumor, all cancer, cardiovascular diseases, mortality, motor vehicle collisions mobile communications, analog mobile phone, personal
Arns M et al. 2007 preliminary study men, women not given USA brain function, neuropsychological performance, and personality mobile communications, digital mobile phone, personal
Suresh S et al. 2011 survey men, women 2008 USA hypertension mobile communications, mobile phone, personal
Lewis RC et al. 2017 cohort study men, 18–56 years 2014 - 2015 USA sperm quality mobile phone, mobile communications
Hatch EE et al. 2021 cohort study men 2012 - 2020 USA and Denmark male fecundability and semen quality mobile communications, mobile phone
Ye Z et al. 2023 - men, women 2006 - 2021 United Kingdom new-onset hypertension mobile communications, mobile phone
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