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
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