Using the Bradford Hill viewpoints to evaluate the evidence on radio frequency radiation from mobile phones to head tumours.

2016 · Unclear · Insufficient evidence

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This is a 31-minute lecture in which Lennart Hardell discusses risks of brain tumours in relation to wireless and mobile phones and describes using Bradford Hill viewpoints as a framework to evaluate brain tumour risk from electromagnetic fields.

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Publicationmanual · 2016

Study typeother

Reported directionUnclear

Evidence ratingInsufficient

Abstract

- Lennart Hardell's lecture at the Royal Society of Medicine Hardell L. Using the Bradford Hill viewpoints to evaluate the evidence on radio frequency radiation from mobile phones to head tumours. London: Royal Society of Medicine, Oct 13, 2016. Professor Lennart Hardell discusses the risks of brain tumours in relation to wireless and mobile phones. Professor Hardell also describes how Bradford Hill's 1965 presidential address on association or causation provided a helpful framework for the evaluation of the brain tumour risk from electromagnetic fields. This 31 minute lecture was filmed at the 'Association or causation in miasmas and mixtures: current reflections on Bradford Hill's 1965 contribution to public health' meeting at the Royal Society of Medicine in London. bit.ly

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Study typeother

Effect directionunclear

PopulationNot supplied

Sample sizeNot supplied

ExposureRF

Evidence strengthInsufficientConfidence: 66% · Peer reviewed: unknown

Main findings

Outcomes measured

head tumours
brain tumours

Limitations

Appears to be a lecture/recording rather than a primary research study; no methods, quantitative results, or sample size are provided in the abstract.
No exposure metrics (e.g., frequency, SAR, duration) are reported.

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