• DocumentCode
    1552700
  • Title

    Health effects: the blood-brain barrier, cancer, cell phones, and microwave radiation

  • Author

    Lin, James C.

  • Volume
    2
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    12/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    26
  • Lastpage
    30
  • Abstract
    A series of recent epidemiological studies has provided some optimism, in that they imply that the use of cellular mobile telephones does not cause brain tumors in the short term. It is also recognized that these investigations do not measure, in the long run, risks for cancers, such as brain tumors with longer latency periods of induction or slow-growing tumors that could take decades for symptoms to emerge in humans. Therefore, lifespan long research, using animal models, is crucial. The scientific evidence on cellular-telephone safety or harm remains inconclusive
  • Keywords
    biological effects of microwaves; cellular radio; telephone sets; tumours; animal models; blood-brain barrier; brain tumors; cancers; cellular mobile telephones; epidemiological studies; health effects; latency periods; safety; slow-growing tumors; Animals; Cancer; Cellular phones; Central nervous system; Drugs; Humans; Microwave devices; Neoplasms; Permeability; Telephony;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Microwave Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1527-3342
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/6668.969932
  • Filename
    969932