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Exposure to Radio-Frequency Electromagnetic Fields From Broadcast Transmitters and Risk of Childhood Cancer: A Census-based Cohort Study.

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Hauri DD, Spycher B, Huss A, Zimmermann F, Grotzer M, von der Weid, Spoerri A, Kuehni CE, Röösli M*, the Swiss National Cohort and the Swiss Paediatric Oncology Group. · 2014

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This large census-based cohort study did not suggest an association between predicted RF-EMF exposure from broadcasting and childhood leukemia.

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Researchers conducted a time-to-event analysis of children under 16 living in Switzerland on December 5, 2000, with follow-up until December 31, 2008. They also included an incidence density cohort of all children living in Switzerland for some time between 1985 and 2008. In the time-to-event analysis of 997 cancer cases, the adjusted hazard ratio for the highest exposure category was 1.03 for all cancers, 0.55 for childhood leukemia, and 1.68 for childhood CNS tumors. The incidence density analysis of 4,246 cancer cases showed similar results for all cancers and leukemia but did not indicate a CNS tumor risk, with an incidence rate ratio of 1.03.

Why This Matters

The researchers investigated the association between RF-EMF exposure from broadcast transmitters and childhood cancer. Exposure was modeled from broadcast transmitters.

Exposure Details

Electric Field
>0.2, <0.05 V/m

Study Details

We investigated the association between exposure to radio-frequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMFs) from broadcast transmitters and childhood cancer.

First, we conducted a time-to-event analysis including children under age 16 years living in Switzer...

Based on 997 cancer cases, adjusted hazard ratios in the time-to-event analysis for the highest expo...

Results for CNS tumors were less consistent, but the most comprehensive analysis did not suggest an association.

Cite This Study
Hauri DD, Spycher B, Huss A, Zimmermann F, Grotzer M, von der Weid, Spoerri A, Kuehni CE, Röösli M*, the Swiss National Cohort and the Swiss Paediatric Oncology Group. (2014). Exposure to Radio-Frequency Electromagnetic Fields From Broadcast Transmitters and Risk of Childhood Cancer: A Census-based Cohort Study. Am. J. Epidemiol. (2014) doi: 10.1093/aje/kwt442 First published online: February 19, 2014.
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@article{dd_2014_exposure_to_radiofrequency_electromagnetic_3070,
  author = {Hauri DD and Spycher B and Huss A and Zimmermann F and Grotzer M and von der Weid and Spoerri A and Kuehni CE and Röösli M* and the Swiss National Cohort and the Swiss Paediatric Oncology Group.},
  title = {Exposure to Radio-Frequency Electromagnetic Fields From Broadcast Transmitters and Risk of Childhood Cancer: A Census-based Cohort Study.},
  year = {2014},
  
  url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24651167/},
}
PubMed: 24651167

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Quick Questions About This Study

The study used a time-to-event analysis of children under 16 living in Switzerland on December 5, 2000, with follow-up until December 31, 2008, and an incidence density cohort of children living in Switzerland between 1985 and 2008.
The time-to-event analysis showed a hazard ratio of 1.68 (95% CI: 0.98, 2.91) for CNS tumors. The incidence density analysis found an incidence rate ratio of 1.03 (95% CI: 0.73, 1.46) and did not indicate a CNS tumor risk. The most comprehensive analysis did not suggest an association for CNS tumors.
RF-EMF exposure from broadcast transmitters was modeled.
The large census-based cohort study did not suggest an association between predicted RF-EMF exposure from broadcasting and childhood leukemia. The most comprehensive analysis also did not suggest an association for CNS tumors.