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Use of mobile phone during pregnancy and the risk of spontaneous abortion.

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Mahmoudabadi FS, Ziaei S, Firoozabadi M, Kazemnejad A · 2015

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The study suggests that mobile phone use during pregnancy may be related to early spontaneous abortions.

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Researchers conducted a case–control study enrolling 292 women with unexplained spontaneous abortion before 14 weeks gestation and 308 pregnant women beyond 14 weeks gestation. They collected data using two forms covering socioeconomic and obstetric characteristics, medical and reproductive history, lifestyles, and cell phone use during pregnancy. Mobile phone exposure was assessed by average daily calling time, phone location when not in use, hands-free use, other applications, manufacturer-reported SAR, and average effective SAR. All mobile phone related data differed between the groups except hands-free device use (p < 0.001).

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The study aimed to investigate mobile phone use during pregnancy and the risk of spontaneous abortion. Statistical analyses were performed using SPSS version 16.

Study Details

To study the use of mobile phone during pregnancy and the risk of spontaneous abortion.

In a case–control study, 292 women who had an unexplained spontaneous abortion at < 14 weeks gestati...

All the data pertaining to mobile phones were different between the two groups except the use of han...

Our result suggests that use of mobile phones can be related to the early spontaneous abortions.

Cite This Study
Mahmoudabadi FS, Ziaei S, Firoozabadi M, Kazemnejad A (2015). Use of mobile phone during pregnancy and the risk of spontaneous abortion. J Environ Health Sci Eng. 13:34, 2015.
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@article{fs_2015_use_of_mobile_phone_2406,
  author = {Mahmoudabadi FS and Ziaei S and Firoozabadi M and Kazemnejad A},
  title = {Use of mobile phone during pregnancy and the risk of spontaneous abortion.},
  year = {2015},
  doi = {10.1186/s40201-015-0193-z},
  url = {https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40201-015-0193-z},
}
DOI: 10.1186/s40201-015-0193-z

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A case–control study enrolled 292 women with early spontaneous abortion and 308 pregnant controls.
Researchers measured average daily calling time, phone storage location, hands-free use, other phone applications, manufacturer SAR, and average effective SAR.
All mobile phone data differed between the groups except for hands-free device use (p < 0.001).
The results suggest that mobile phone use during pregnancy may be related to early spontaneous abortions.
Two forms were used to gather socioeconomic, obstetric, medical, reproductive, lifestyle, and cell phone use information.