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Neurodevelopment for the first three years following prenatal mobile phone use, radio frequency radiation and lead exposure.
Choi KH, Ha M, Ha EH, Park H, Kim Y, Hong YC, Lee AK, Hwa Kwon J, Choi HD, Kim N, Kim S, Park C. · 2017
View Original AbstractMobile phone use during pregnancy may amplify lead toxicity effects on child brain development, suggesting RF radiation acts as a harmful multiplier.
Plain English Summary
Researchers followed 1,198 mother-child pairs to examine whether mobile phone use during pregnancy affects children's brain development in their first three years. While they found no direct link between prenatal phone use and developmental delays, children whose mothers had both high lead exposure and heavy phone use showed increased risk of developmental problems. This suggests that RF radiation might amplify the harmful effects of other toxins during pregnancy.
Study Details
To examine neurodevelopment in children up to 36 months of age, following prenatal mobile phone use and radiofrequency radiation (RFR) exposure, in relation to prenatal lead exposure.
We analyzed 1198 mother-child pairs from a prospective cohort study (the Mothers and Children's Envi...
The psychomotor development index (PDI) and the mental development index (MDI) at 6, 12, 24, and 36 ...
We found no association between prenatal exposure to RFR and child neurodevelopment during the first three years of life; however, a potential combined effect of prenatal exposure to lead and mobile phone use was suggested.
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@article{kh_2017_neurodevelopment_for_the_first_2976,
author = {Choi KH and Ha M and Ha EH and Park H and Kim Y and Hong YC and Lee AK and Hwa Kwon J and Choi HD and Kim N and Kim S and Park C.},
title = {Neurodevelopment for the first three years following prenatal mobile phone use, radio frequency radiation and lead exposure.},
year = {2017},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28511138/},
}