Comments on "Radiofrequency electromagnetic fields and some cancers of unknown etiology: An ecological study"

S A R Mortazavi; Ghazal Mortazavi; S M J Mortazavi

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.07.131

Comments on "Radiofrequency electromagnetic fields and some cancers of unknown etiology: An ecological study"

Sci Total Environ. 2017 Dec 31:609:1. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.07.131. Epub 2017 Jul 26.

Authors

S A R Mortazavi¹, Ghazal Mortazavi², S M J Mortazavi³

Affiliations

¹ School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
² Ionizing and Non-ionizing Radiation Protection Research Center (INIRPRC), Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
³ Ionizing and Non-ionizing Radiation Protection Research Center (INIRPRC), Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; Diagnostic Imaging Center, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA. Electronic address: S.M.Javad.Mortazavi@fccc.edu.

PMID: 28732291
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.07.131

Abstract

This correspondence refers to the Science of the Total Environment article by Gonzalez-Rubio et al. entitled "Radiofrequency electromagnetic fields and some cancers of unknown etiology: An ecological study". Authors of this paper have presented the findings of their preliminary epidemiological study which combined epidemiology, statistics and geographical information systems (GIS). Gonzalez-Rubio et al. have analyzed the possible link between exposure to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields (RF-EMF) in the city of Albacete, Spain and the incidence of cancers such as lymphomas, and brain tumors. The shortcomings of this study are discussed.

Keywords: Cancer; Electromagnetic fields; Mobile phone; Radiofrequency.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Cell Phone*
Cities
Electromagnetic Fields*
Radio Waves
Spain