Note: This study found no significant biological effects under its experimental conditions. We include all studies for scientific completeness.
Mobile phone use and risk of acoustic neuroma: results of the Interphone case-control study in five North European countries
Schoemaker MJ, Swerdlow AJ, Ahlbom A, Auvinen A, Blaasaas KG, Cardis E, Collatz Christensen H, Feychting M, Hepworth SJ, Johansen C, Klæboe L, Lönn S, McKinney PA, Muir K, Raitanen J, Salminen T, Thomsen J, Tynes T. · 2005
View Original AbstractLong-term mobile phone use on the same side of the head for 10+ years showed 80% increased acoustic neuroma risk.
Plain English Summary
Researchers studied 678 people with acoustic neuroma (a type of brain tumor near the ear) and compared their mobile phone use to 3,553 healthy controls across five Northern European countries. Overall, regular mobile phone use did not increase the risk of developing these tumors. However, people who used phones for 10 years or longer on the same side of their head where the tumor developed showed an 80% increased risk, suggesting long-term use may pose concerns.
Study Details
There is public concern that use of mobile phones could increase the risk of brain tumours. If such an effect exists, acoustic neuroma would be of particular concern because of the proximity of the acoustic nerve to the handset. We conducted, to a shared protocol, six population-based case-control studies in four Nordic countries and the UK to assess the risk of acoustic neuroma in relation to mobile phone use.
Data were collected by personal interview from 678 cases of acoustic neuroma and 3553 controls.
The risk of acoustic neuroma in relation to regular mobile phone use in the pooled data set was not ...
The study suggests that there is no substantial risk of acoustic neuroma in the first decade after starting mobile phone use. However, an increase in risk after longer term use or after a longer lag period could not be ruled out.
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@article{mj_2005_mobile_phone_use_and_3374,
author = {Schoemaker MJ and Swerdlow AJ and Ahlbom A and Auvinen A and Blaasaas KG and Cardis E and Collatz Christensen H and Feychting M and Hepworth SJ and Johansen C and Klæboe L and Lönn S and McKinney PA and Muir K and Raitanen J and Salminen T and Thomsen J and Tynes T. },
title = {Mobile phone use and risk of acoustic neuroma: results of the Interphone case-control study in five North European countries},
year = {2005},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16136046/},
}