ID Number		174
Study Type		Epidemiology
Model		800, 1900 MHz (FM, GSM, CDMA) mobile phone use in the US and correlation with mortality
Details		Human subjects (n=255,868, age 20-85) in a cohort epidemiological study were used in an attempt to correlate portable cellular telephone use and mortality. Control subjects consisted of mobile phone users (portable cellular telephones have an antenna in the handpiece in close proximity to the head, whereas in mobile phones the antenna is located separately from the handpiece and the radiofrequency (RF) energy largely dissipates before reaching the body). Of the subjects in the cohort, 65% were males identified as having portable cellular telephone accounts as of 1 January 1994 within the Boston, Chicago, Dallas, and Washington, DC cellular telephone markets. Data was taken as the overall number of deaths that occurred in the cohort during 1994 and the first quarter of 1995 as determined from the Social Security Administration's Death Master File (total 604). The authors concluded that, although the mortality rates found were much lower than corresponding rates for the general population, the overall mortality rates of portable and mobile cellular telephone users were similar.
Findings		No Effects
Status		Completed With Publication
Principal Investigator		Epidemiology Resources Inc
Funding Agency		WTR, USA
Country		UNITED STATES
References		Rothman, KJ Lancet, (2000) 356:1837-1840 Dreyer, NA et al. J. Am. Med. Assoc., (1999) 282:1814-1816 Dreyer, NA et al. Radiat. Prot. Dosim., (1999) 83:159-163 Rothman, KJ et al. Epidemiology, (1996) 7:291-298 Funch, DP et al. Epidemiology, (1996) 7:299-302 Rothman, KJ et al. Epidemiology, (1996) 7:303-305
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