Mobile phone use and the risk of acoustic neuroma.

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Epidemiology. 2004 Nov;15(6):653-9.
Mobile phone use and the risk of acoustic neuroma.
Lönn S, Ahlbom A, Hall P, Feychting M.
SourceInstitute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, S-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden. Stefan.Lonn@imm.ki.se
AbstractBACKGROUND: Radiofrequency exposure from mobile phones is concentrated to the tissue closest to the handset, which includes the auditory nerve. If this type of exposure increases tumor risk, acoustic neuroma would be a potential concern.METHODS: In this population-based case-control study we identified all cases age 20 to 69 years diagnosed with acoustic neuroma during 1999 to 2002 in certain parts of Sweden. Controls were randomly selected from the study base, stratified on age, sex, and residential area. Detailed information about mobile phone use and other environmental exposures was collected from 148 (93%) cases and 604 (72%) controls.RESULTS: The overall odds ratio for acoustic neuroma associated with regular mobile phone use was 1.0 (95% confidence interval = 0.6-1.5). Ten years after the start of mobile phone use the estimates relative risk increased to 1.9 (0.9-4.1); when restricting to tumors on the same side of the head as the phone was normally used, the relative risk was 3.9 (1.6-9.5).CONCLUSIONS: Our findings do not indicate an increased risk of acoustic neuroma related to short-term mobile phone use after a short latency period. However, our data suggest an increased risk of acoustic neuroma associated with mobile phone use of at least 10 years' duration.
PMID: 15475713 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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Viewing the utility of mobile phone in today's life one cannot live without the one. Therefore you may find some cases where people started using mobile phones lately but once you have got one then there is no ending to it. It is going to be there with you forever. The findings of this case control study do not indicate an increased risk of acoustic neuroma related to short-term mobile phone use after a short latency period; however, there was an increased risk of acoustic neuroma associated with mobile phone use of at least 10 years' duration. So the researches may now be conducted to find out about healthier devices and technologies in the mobile phones.