Note: This study found no significant biological effects under its experimental conditions. We include all studies for scientific completeness.
Mobile Phone Use and the Risk of Skin Cancer: A Nationwide Cohort Study in Denmark.
Poulsen AH, Friis S, Johansen C, Jensen A, Frei P, Kjær SK, Dalton SO, Schüz J. · 2013
View Original AbstractLarge Danish study found no increased skin cancer risk from early mobile phone use over 20 years.
Plain English Summary
Danish researchers followed 355,701 mobile phone subscribers for up to 20 years to see if cell phone use increased skin cancer rates. They found no evidence that mobile phone use raises the risk of melanoma, basal cell carcinoma, or squamous cell carcinoma on the head and neck (the areas most exposed to phone radiation). This large study suggests that the radiofrequency radiation from mobile phones does not significantly increase skin cancer risk.
Study Details
The International Agency for Research on Cancer has classified radiofrequency radiation as possibly carcinogenic. Previous studies have focused on intracranial tumors, although the skin receives much radiation. In a nationwide cohort study, 355,701 private mobile phone subscribers in Denmark from 1987 to 1995 were followed up through 2007.
We calculated incidence rate ratios (IRRs) for melanoma, basal cell carcinoma, and squamous cell car...
We observed no overall increased risk for basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, or melanoma...
In this large, population-based cohort study, little evidence of an increased skin cancer risk was observed among mobile phone users.
Show BibTeX
@article{ah_2013_mobile_phone_use_and_3311,
author = {Poulsen AH and Friis S and Johansen C and Jensen A and Frei P and Kjær SK and Dalton SO and Schüz J.},
title = {Mobile Phone Use and the Risk of Skin Cancer: A Nationwide Cohort Study in Denmark.},
year = {2013},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23788669/},
}