ID Number		1937
Study Type		Social Sciences
Model		Survey of media reports on mobile phones and health effects
Details		Articles (n = 1042) from 17 major newspapers in Germany on mobile phones and health that were published over the period of 2002-2007 were compliled and evaluated for content. The authors report no significant change in number of articles, even though the number of scientific publications regarding mobile phones and health effects doubled. The authors conclude that there was a decrease in senstationalized reports with unspecified endpoints, and an increased focus on brain tumors and other specified health effects and scientific discussion.
Findings		Not Applicable to Bioeffects
Status		Completed With Publication
Principal Investigator		Technical University of Dresden, Germany
Funding Agency		German Helmholts Association
Country		GERMANY
References		Elvers, HD et al. Health, Risk & Society., (2009) 1:165-179
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