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Cordless telephone use: implications for mobile phone research.
Redmayne M, Inyang I, Dimitriadis C, Benke G, Abramson MJ · 2010
View Original AbstractStudies measuring only mobile phone use may significantly underestimate total radiofrequency exposure because cordless phone use correlates strongly.
Plain English Summary
Researchers studied the relationship between cordless phone and mobile phone use among 317 Australian teenagers. They found that students who used mobile phones frequently also tended to use cordless phones frequently, creating a strong correlation between the two types of radiofrequency exposure. This matters because most health studies only measure mobile phone exposure while ignoring cordless phones, potentially underestimating people's total RF radiation exposure.
Study Details
Cordless and mobile (cellular) telephone use has increased substantially in recent years causing concerns about possible health effects. This has led to much epidemiological research, but the usual focus is on mobile telephone radiofrequency (RF) exposure only despite cordless RF being very similar. Access to and use of cordless phones were included in the Mobile Radiofrequency Phone Exposed Users Study (MoRPhEUS) of 317 Year 7 students recruited from Melbourne, Australia.
Participants completed an exposure questionnaire—87% had a cordless phone at home and 77% owned a mo...
There was a statistically significant positive relationship (r = 0.38, p < 0.01) between cordless and mobile phone use. Taken together, this increases total RF exposure and its ratio in high-to-low mobile users. Therefore, the design and analysis of future epidemiological telecommunication studies need to assess cordless phone exposure to accurately evaluate total RF telephone exposure effects.
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@article{m_2010_cordless_telephone_use_implications_3322,
author = {Redmayne M and Inyang I and Dimitriadis C and Benke G and Abramson MJ},
title = {Cordless telephone use: implications for mobile phone research.},
year = {2010},
url = {https://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2010/EM/b920489j#!divRelatedContent&articles},
}