Title :
Is there a brain tumor risk from cell phone use?
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Chicago at Illinois, IL, USA
Abstract :
The increasingly widespread use of cellular telephones - and the limited knowledge concerning the possible adverse health effects of a microwave emitter situated near the head of a cell-phone user - had prompted many to urge that research be conduct to ascertain the health risk to the cellphone user, if any exists. This column reports on a multiyear, international research effort - the Interphone Project - as it approach its final phase.
Keywords :
cellular radio; health hazards; international collaboration; research initiatives; risk analysis; tumours; Interphone Project; brain tumor risk; cell phone use; cellular telephones; health effects; health risk; international research effort; microwave emitter; Animals; Benign tumors; Cancer; Cellular phones; Geophysical measurement techniques; Ground penetrating radar; Humans; Laboratories; Magnetic fields; Neoplasms;
Journal_Title :
Microwave Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MMW.2005.1511906