Note: This study found no significant biological effects under its experimental conditions. We include all studies for scientific completeness.
Mobile phone use and the risk of acoustic neuroma.
Lonn S, Ahlbom A, Hall P, Feychting M. · 2004
View Original AbstractTen years of mobile phone use nearly quadrupled acoustic neuroma risk on the same side of the head where phones were held.
Plain English Summary
Swedish researchers studied whether mobile phone use increases the risk of acoustic neuroma, a type of brain tumor that develops on the nerve connecting the ear to the brain. They found no increased risk for short-term phone use, but discovered that people who used mobile phones for 10 or more years had nearly a 4-fold higher risk of developing tumors on the same side of their head where they held their phone. This suggests that long-term mobile phone exposure may increase brain tumor risk, particularly with extended use patterns.
Study Details
The aim of this study is to investigate Mobile phone use and the risk of acoustic neuroma.
In this population-based case-control study we identified all cases age 20 to 69 years diagnosed wit...
The overall odds ratio for acoustic neuroma associated with regular mobile phone use was 1.0 (95% co...
Our findings do not indicate an increased risk of acoustic neuroma related to short-term mobile phone use after a short latency period. However, our data suggest an increased risk of acoustic neuroma associated with mobile phone use of at least 10 years' duration.
Show BibTeX
@article{s_2004_mobile_phone_use_and_3207,
author = {Lonn S and Ahlbom A and Hall P and Feychting M.},
title = {Mobile phone use and the risk of acoustic neuroma.},
year = {2004},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15475713/},
}