%0 Journal Article
%T Cell Phones and Brain Tumors
%A Nezih OKTAR
%J Journal of Neurological Sciences
%D 2011
%I Ege University Press
%X The use of cellular (mobile) phones is widespread all over the world nowadays. Brain is the organ with the highest near-field exposure to microwaves during the use of the mobile phones. I've searched in ¡°Science¡± magazine about the ¡°cell phones and brain tumor¡± topics a week ago and have found only one resource which was dated back to 2001 (Cell phone lawsuits face a scientific test. Parascandola M. Science 294:1440-2, 16 Nov 2001)(10). This single source was dealing with the claims of a neurologist who diagnosed a life-threatening brain tumor and he concluded that it was caused by the cell-phone. Evidence that radiation from cell phones increases the risk of brain cancer has not fared well in the court of scientific opinion; is it acceptable in the court of law?...
%K cell phone
%K brain tumor
%K meningioma
%K radiation
%U http://www.jns.dergisi.org/pdf/pdf_JNS_417.pdf