Grell, K, Frederiksen, K, Schüz, J et al. (18 more authors) (2016) The Intracranial Distribution of Gliomas in Relation to Exposure From Mobile Phones: Analyses From the INTERPHONE Study. American Journal of Epidemiology, 184 (11). pp. 818-828. ISSN 0002-9262
Abstract
When investigating the association between brain tumors and use of mobile telephones, accurate data on tumor position are essential, due to the highly localized absorption of energy in the human brain from the radio-frequency fields emitted. We used a point process model to investigate this association using information that included tumor localization data from the INTERPHONE Study (Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom). Our main analysis included 792 regular mobile phone users diagnosed with a glioma between 2000 and 2004. Similar to earlier results, we found a statistically significant association between the intracranial distribution of gliomas and the self reported location of the phone. When we accounted for the preferred side of the head not being exclusively used for all mobile phone calls, the results were similar. The association was independent of the cumulative call time and cumulative number of calls. However, our model used reported side of mobile phone use, which is potentially influenced by recall bias. The point process method provides an alternative to previously used epidemiologic research designs when one is including localization in the investigation of brain tumors and mobile phone use.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in American Journal of Epidemiology following peer review. The version of record, Grell, K, Frederiksen, K, Schüz, J et al. (18 more authors) (2016) The Intracranial Distribution of Gliomas in Relation to Exposure From Mobile Phones: Analyses From the INTERPHONE Study. American Journal of Epidemiology, 184 (11). pp. 818-828., is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kww082 |
Keywords: | glioma; INTERPHONE Study; intracranial distribution; mobile telephones; radio-frequency electromagnetic fields; spatial point pattern |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > Institute of Molecular Medicine (LIMM) (Leeds) > Section of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 20 Dec 2016 10:32 |
Last Modified: | 03 Nov 2017 01:38 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kww082 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/aje/kww082 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:109640 |