DocumentCode :
1552700
Title :
Health effects: the blood-brain barrier, cancer, cell phones, and microwave radiation
Author :
Lin, James C.
Volume :
2
Issue :
4
fYear :
2001
fDate :
12/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
26
Lastpage :
30
Abstract :
A series of recent epidemiological studies has provided some optimism, in that they imply that the use of cellular mobile telephones does not cause brain tumors in the short term. It is also recognized that these investigations do not measure, in the long run, risks for cancers, such as brain tumors with longer latency periods of induction or slow-growing tumors that could take decades for symptoms to emerge in humans. Therefore, lifespan long research, using animal models, is crucial. The scientific evidence on cellular-telephone safety or harm remains inconclusive
Keywords :
biological effects of microwaves; cellular radio; telephone sets; tumours; animal models; blood-brain barrier; brain tumors; cancers; cellular mobile telephones; epidemiological studies; health effects; latency periods; safety; slow-growing tumors; Animals; Cancer; Cellular phones; Central nervous system; Drugs; Humans; Microwave devices; Neoplasms; Permeability; Telephony;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Microwave Magazine, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
1527-3342
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/6668.969932
Filename :
969932
Link To Document :
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