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Symptoms experienced in connection with mobile phone use.

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Oftedal G, Wilen J, Sandstrom M, Mild KH · 2000

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Thirty-one percent of Norwegian and 13% of Swedish mobile phone users reported symptoms such as warmth, burning sensations, and headaches.

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Thirty-one percent of Norwegian respondents and 13% of Swedish respondents reported at least one symptom associated with mobile phone use. The most common symptoms were sensations of warmth on or behind the ear, burning sensations in the facial skin, and headaches. Most symptoms began during or within half an hour after the call and lasted for up to two hours. Relatively few participants consulted a physician or took sick leave, but about 45% of those with symptoms took steps to reduce them, and the authors concluded that the results suggest awareness of the symptoms but not necessarily a serious health problem.

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Many people in Norway and Sweden reported headaches, fatigue, and other symptoms experienced in connection with the use of a mobile phone (MP). Therefore, we initiated a cross-sectional epidemiological study among 17,000 people, all using an MP in their job.

Thirty-one percent of the respondents in Norway and 13% of those in Sweden had experienced at least ...

These results suggest an awareness of the symptoms, but not necessarily a serious health problem.

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Oftedal G, Wilen J, Sandstrom M, Mild KH (2000). Symptoms experienced in connection with mobile phone use. Occup Med (Lond) 50(4):237-245, 2000.
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@article{g_2000_symptoms_experienced_in_connection_3278,
  author = {Oftedal G and Wilen J and Sandstrom M and Mild KH},
  title = {Symptoms experienced in connection with mobile phone use.},
  year = {2000},
  
  url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10912374/},
}
PubMed: 10912374

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Quick Questions About This Study

Thirty-one percent of Norwegian respondents and 13% of Swedish respondents reported at least one symptom linked to mobile phone use.
The most common symptoms were sensations of warmth on or behind the ear, burning sensations in the facial skin, and headaches.
Most symptoms began during or within half an hour after the call and lasted for up to two hours.
Relatively few participants consulted a physician or took sick leave because of the symptoms.
The results suggest an awareness of the symptoms but not necessarily a serious health problem.