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Use of wireless phones and the risk of salivary gland tumours: a case-control study.
Söderqvist F, Carlberg M, Hardell L · 2012
View Original AbstractNo increased salivary gland tumor risk found from light wireless phone use, but heavy long-term users remain unstudied.
Plain English Summary
Swedish researchers studied 69 people with salivary gland tumors (mostly near the ear) and compared their phone use to 262 healthy controls. They found no increased risk of these tumors from wireless phone use, with an odds ratio of 0.8 (meaning slightly lower risk, though not statistically significant). The study provides reassurance for light-to-moderate phone users but acknowledges it cannot rule out risks from heavy, long-term use.
Study Details
The last decades of increasing use of wireless phones, including mobile as well as cordless desktop phones, have led to concerns about the potential carcinogenic effects of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields. Among the most exposed areas of the body when the phone is used for talking are the salivary glands, mainly the parotid gland, located in front of the ear. The objective of this case-control study was to assess whether the use of wireless phones is associated with an increased risk of tumour at this site.
Sixty-nine patients with salivary gland tumours (63 with a parotid gland tumour) and 262 randomly re...
Neither was there an increased risk for the different phone types when calculated separately nor was...
In conclusion, our data add to the evidence against there being an increased risk for parotid gland tumours associated with light-to-moderate use of wireless phones and for less than 10 years of use but offers little information on risk related to more prolonged and/or heavy use.
Show BibTeX
@article{f_2012_use_of_wireless_phones_3407,
author = {Söderqvist F and Carlberg M and Hardell L},
title = {Use of wireless phones and the risk of salivary gland tumours: a case-control study.},
year = {2012},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22433632/},
}