ID Number		2386
Study Type		Epidemiology
Model		Study of effects of mobile phone base stations EMFs on the micronucleus (MN) frequency and chromosomal aberrations in blood of people living near base stations and healthy controls.
Details		AUTHORS' ABSTRACT: Yildirim et al. 2010 (IEEE #5628): The use of mobile telephones has rapidly increased worldwide as well as the number of mobile phone base stations that lead to rise low level radiofrequency emissions which may in turn have possible harm for human health. The national radiation protection board has published the known effects of radio waves exposure on humans living close to mobile phone base stations. However, several studies have claimed that the base station has detrimental effects on different tissues. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the effects of mobile phone base stations on the micronucleus (MN) frequency and chromosomal aberrations on blood in people who were living around mobile phone base stations and healthy controls. Frequency of MN and chromosomal aberrations in study and control groups was 8.96 +/- 3.51 and 6.97 +/- 1.52 (p: 0.16); 0.36 +/- 0.31 and 0.75 +/- 0.61 (p: 0.07), respectively. Our results show that there was not a significant difference of MN frequency and chromosomal aberrations between the two study groups. The results claim that cellular phones and their base stations do not produce important carcinogenic changes.
Findings		No Effects
Status		Completed With Publication
Principal Investigator		Selcuk U, Konya, Turkey.
Funding Agency		?????
Country		TURKEY
References		Yildirim , MS et al. Genet Couns., (2010) 21:243-251
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