Mobile phones and malignant melanoma of the eye

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...

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Autores principales: Johansen, C, Boice, J D, McLaughlin, J K, Christensen, H C, Olsen, J H
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2002
Materias:
Epidemiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2375230/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11875697
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6600068
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Sumario: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. British Journal of Cancer (2002) 86, 348–349. DOI: 10.1038/sj/bjc/6600068 www.bjcancer.com © 2002 The Cancer Research Campaign

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