Mobile phones and malignant melanoma of the eye.
Br J Cancer
; 86(3): 348-9, 2002 Feb 01.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11875697
ABSTRACT
Recently a four-fold increase in the risk of malignant melanoma of the eye was associated with the use of radiofrequency transmitting devices, including mobile phones in Germany. We contrasted the incidence rates of this rare cancer with the number of mobile phone subscribers in Denmark. We observed no increasing trend in the incidence rate of melanoma, which was in sharp contrast to the exponentially increasing number of mobile phone subscribers starting in the early 1980s. Our study provides no support for an association between mobile phones and ocular melanoma.
Full text:
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Telephone
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Eye Neoplasms
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
America do norte
Language:
En
Journal:
Br J Cancer
Year:
2002
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Denmark