Study that tracked 400,000 Danish cellphone users for 13 years fo...
Study that tracked 400,000 Danish cellphone users for 13 years found no link between mobile phone use and incidence of cancer, according to Wed. issue of Journal of the National Cancer Institute. No cancers involving brain, nervous system or…
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salivary gland or leukemia were observed in cellphone users, study said. Researchers from Danish Cancer Society and International Epidemiology Institute of Rockville, Md., conducted study. “The numbers of cancers in the study population were remarkably close to those expected from the incidence rates in the general population,” study said. Risks for various cancer types didn’t vary according to duration of cellphone use, how long customer had used service, age at first subscription or whether phone was analog or digital, researchers said. Study also said no connection was found between cellphone use and brain tumors near ear. Research tracked cellphone users 1982-1995, comparing their cancer rates with expected cancer level in overall Danish population.