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Mobile phone use and risk of glioma in 5 North European countries

  1. Anna Lahkola1,†,*,
  2. Anssi Auvinen1,2,
  3. Jani Raitanen1,2,
  4. Minouk J. Schoemaker3,
  5. Helle C. Christensen4,
  6. Maria Feychting5,
  7. Christoffer Johansen4,
  8. Lars Klæboe6,
  9. Stefan Lönn5,
  10. Anthony J. Swerdlow3,
  11. Tore Tynes6,7,
  12. Tiina Salminen1,2

Article first published online: 17 JAN 2007

DOI: 10.1002/ijc.22503

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International Journal of Cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volume 120, Issue 8, pages 1769–1775, 15 April 2007

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Lahkola, A., Auvinen, A., Raitanen, J., Schoemaker, M. J., Christensen, H. C., Feychting, M., Johansen, C., Klæboe, L., Lönn, S., Swerdlow, A. J., Tynes, T. and Salminen, T. (2007), Mobile phone use and risk of glioma in 5 North European countries. Int. J. Cancer, 120: 1769–1775. doi: 10.1002/ijc.22503

Author Information

  1. 1

    STUK, Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Helsinki, Finland

  2. 2

    Tampere School of Public Health, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland

  3. 3

    Section of Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton

  4. 4

    Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark

  5. 5

    Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

  6. 6

    Institute of Population-Based Cancer Research, The Cancer Registry of Norway, Oslo, Norway

  7. 7

    Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority, Østerås, Norway

  1. †

    Fax: +358-9-759-88-670.

*STUK, Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, P.O. Box 14, FIN-00881, Helsinki, Finland

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 21 FEB 2007
  2. Article first published online: 17 JAN 2007
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 16 OCT 2006
  4. Manuscript Received: 27 APR 2006

Funded by

  • Academy of Finland. Grant Number: 80921
  • Swedish Research Council
  • Quality of Life and Management of Living Resources program of European Union
  • International Union against Cancer (UICC). Grant Number: RCA/01/08
  • Mobile Manufacturers' forum and the GSM Association
  • Emil Aaltonen Foundation
  • Doctoral Programs for Public Health
  • Mobile Telecommunications, Health and Research (MTHR)

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