Review article

Does mobile phone use cause brain tumors?

Darko Stipić ; Clinics for neurosurgery, CHC Sisters of mercy, Zagreb
Vili Beroš ; Clinics for neurosurgery, CHC Sisters of mercy, Zagreb
Živko Gnjidić ; Clinics for neurosurgery, CHC Sisters of mercy, Zagreb

Abstract

We live in a dense field of electromagnetic radiation today. It is estimated that this
field is up to 200 times stronger than it was a 100 years ago. Power lines, radars, transmiters,
electrical appliances, mobile phones, televisions, digital watches, CD/radio players,
computers and wireless internet all produce electromagnetic fields, and the problem of
electromagnetic “pollution” grows further with explosion of wireless technologies. These
devices emit electromagnetic radiation that influences live organisms. When a mobile
phone is used, it is held in a close proximity of head and a fraction of emited electromagnetic
energy is absorbed by the user’s head. There is a concern that this electromagnetic radiation
may cause brain tumors and other physiological disturbances.
There is a growing number of new mobile phone users in the world making this concern a
big publichealth issue. Many studies have tried to answer weather cell phone use causes
brain tumors. This article examines the different aspects of mobile phone influence on genesis
of brain tumors and comments the results of some of the important studies.elefon

Keywords

brain cancer; brain tumor; cell phones; electromagnetic radiation; mobile phones

Hrčak ID:

70141

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/70141

Publication date:

1.6.2011.

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