Estimating the risk of brain tumors from cellphone use: Published case-control studies review

Endpoint

• cancer: brain tumor
• epidemiology: flaws of Interphone-studies: selection bias; insufficient latency time; definition of regular use; exclusion of younger persons, rural areas, other transmitting sources, brain tumor types, too ill or dead cases; recall bias, funding bias
• guidelines/safety: potential public health impact, precautionary principle

Exposure

• • mobile communications
  • mobile phone