The Intracranial Distribution of Gliomas in Relation to Exposure From Mobile Phones: Analyses From the INTERPHONE Study.
Date
2016-12-01ICR Author
Author
Grell, K
Frederiksen, K
Schüz, J
Cardis, E
Armstrong, B
Siemiatycki, J
Krewski, DR
McBride, ML
Johansen, C
Auvinen, A
Hours, M
Blettner, M
Sadetzki, S
Lagorio, S
Yamaguchi, N
Woodward, A
Tynes, T
Feychting, M
Fleming, SJ
Swerdlow, AJ
Andersen, PK
Type
Journal Article
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When investigating the association between brain tumors and use of mobile telephones, accurate data on tumor position are essential, due to the highly localized absorption of energy in the human brain from the radio-frequency fields emitted. We used a point process model to investigate this association using information that included tumor localization data from the INTERPHONE Study (Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom). Our main analysis included 792 regular mobile phone users diagnosed with a glioma between 2000 and 2004. Similar to earlier results, we found a statistically significant association between the intracranial distribution of gliomas and the self-reported location of the phone. When we accounted for the preferred side of the head not being exclusively used for all mobile phone calls, the results were similar. The association was independent of the cumulative call time and cumulative number of calls. However, our model used reported side of mobile phone use, which is potentially influenced by recall bias. The point process method provides an alternative to previously used epidemiologic research designs when one is including localization in the investigation of brain tumors and mobile phone use.
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Subject
Humans
Glioma
Brain Neoplasms
Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced
Tumor Burden
Risk Factors
Epidemiologic Research Design
Time Factors
Adult
Middle Aged
Female
Male
Neoplasm Grading
Cell Phone
Research team
Aetiological Epidemiology
Language
eng
Date accepted
2016-07-14
License start date
2016-12
Citation
American journal of epidemiology, 2016, 184 (11), pp. 818 - 828
Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC