Authored By:
Chiu CT, Chang YH, Chen CC, Ko MC, Li CY
Summary:
This cross-sectional study investigated whether using a mobile phone is associated with adverse health symptoms in children. The study included 2042 randomly selected children aged 11-15 years who provided information on their mobile phone use. Information on perceived health symptoms reported by their parents was also collected. Mobile phone use was associated with headaches and migraine (odds ratio, OR = 1.42, 95% confidence interval, 95% CI = 1.12-1.81) and skin itches (OR = 1.84, 95% CI = 1.47-2.29). The authors suggest for a more cautious use of mobile phones in children, due to the expected longer lifetime exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF EMFs) from mobile phones.
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J Formos Med Assoc 2014: in press
