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ANNUAL REVIEW OF PUBLIC HEALTH, VOL 40
Volume 40, Issue -, Pages 221-238Publisher
ANNUAL REVIEWS
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-040218-044037
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intracranial tumor; central nervous system tumor; glioma; meningioma; acoustic neuroma; salivary gland tumor; pituitary gland tumor; radiofrequency electromagnetic fields; mobile phones
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Mobile phones (MPs) are the most relevant source of radiofrequency electromagnetic field (RF-EMF) exposure to the brain and the salivary gland. -Whether this exposure implies a cancer risk has been addressed in several case-control and few cohort studies. A meta-analysis of these studies does not show increased risks for nieningioma, Pituitary, and salivary gland tumors. For glioma and acoustic neuroma, the results are heterogeneous, with few case-control studies reporting substantially increaser risks. However, these elevated risks are not coherent with observed incidence time trends, which are' considered informative for this specific topic owing to the steep increase in MP use, the avail ability of virtually complete cancer registry data from many.. countries, and the limited number of known competing environmental risk factors. In conclusion, epidemiological studies do not suggest increased brain or salivary gland tumor risk with MP use, although some uncertainty..remains regarding long latency periods (>15 years), rare brain tumor subtypes, and MP usage during childhood,
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