TITLE:
Synoptic Analysis of Epidemiologic Evidence of Brain Cancer Risks from Mobile Communication
AUTHORS:
Norbert Leitgeb
KEYWORDS:
Health Risk, Long-Term Effect, Carcinogenicity, Electromagnetic Field, Mobile Phone
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Electromagnetic Analysis and Applications,
Vol.6 No.14,
December
22,
2014
ABSTRACT: In the radio frequency (RF) range concern about long-term health risks from
electromagnetic fields (EMF) is enhanced by contradictory results and conclusions
from epidemiologic studies. A new approach of a synoptic analysis of all available
data from epidemiological studies published since 2001 was performed. This approach
provided new insight with regard to a potential link between mobile phone use and
brain cancer. Two quite different data pools could be identified with numerous studies
from one research group opposing all other studies. However, it could be shown that
with the number of exposed cases both data pools exhibit a clear trend of risk estimates
(odds ratios) towards the final result, namely a reduced cancer risk of OR = 0.8,
though from either side of the zero-risk line. The analysis of potential long-term
effects indicated by a dosedependence revealed diverging results with different
dose metrics. Overall, the synoptic analysis supports reassuring rather than alarming
conclusions on RF EMF health risks from mobile telecommunication.