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December 11-24, 2000 |
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If you choose to follow any links to the abstracts and/or complete text of articles, books, and documents listed below, you will be leaving the Strategian Web site. If you wish to return to this page from the Web page you are sent to, please use the Back option of your browser. Feature Items: Joshua E. Muscat, Mark G. Malkin, Seth Thompson, Roy E. Shore, Steven D. Stellman, Don McRee, Alfred I. Neugut, and Ernst L. Wynder Handheld Cellular Telephone Use and Risk of Brain Cancer. (... a study that compared the use of handheld cellular telephones between 1994 and 1998 by a total of 469 men and women aged 18 to 80 years with primary brain cancer and 422 matched controls without brain cancer. The study took place in the United States, and data was collected through interviews with the study participants. The Comment section of this article provides a good overview of recent research involving the potential human health effects of the use of cellular telephones and exposure to radiofrequency [RF] signals in general. The Comment section also details the various biases and other confounding factors that the authors encountered and considered in the process of interpreting the information they obtained in the study. The authors conclude by stating that our data suggest that use of handheld cellular telephones is not associated with risk of brain cancer, but further studies are needed to account for longer induction periods, especially for slow-growing tumors with neuronal features. This study has been criticized by others for this latter concern--that some tumors can take much longer than 4-5 years to manifest themselves. Other keywords and phrases -- 800- to 900-MHz range, adverse, analog, antenna, cranial, digital, exposure, field, head, risk -- from the text of the abstract and the article; please see the extensive bibliography) JAMA--The Journal of the American Medical Association Volume 284, Number 23 (December 20, 2000): 3001-3007. **The complete text of the article is currently available through the Web site of JAMA--The Journal of the American Medical Association** How to find the above journals, magazines, and other publications? See Step 3: Locate of the Information Strategy for details. Questions about any or all of the above? Please let me know. |
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