Published May 2018 | Version v1
Journal article

Radio frequency radiation-related cancer: assessing causation in the occupational/military setting

  • 1. Dept. Electrical Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Technion City, Haifa 3200003, Israel and Rafael Ltd. POB 2250, Haifa 3102102 (Israel)
  • 2. Unit of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Public Health and Community Medicine, POB 12272 Jerusalem (Israel)

Description

Highlights: • Carcinogenicity of radio frequency radiation (RFR) was examined. • The focus was on hemolymphatic cancers in the occupational and military settings. • Unusually high proportion of hemolymphatic cancers was found in a case series. • Similar unusually high proportions were reported in three previous cohort studies. • The findings support a case for classifying RFR as a human carcinogen. We reexamine whether radio frequency radiation (RFR) in the occupational and military settings is a human carcinogen.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2018.01.003

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.envres.2018.01.003;
PII
S0013935118300045;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Environmental Research
Journal Volume
163
Journal Page Range
p. 123-133
ISSN
0013-9351
CODEN
ENVRAL

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