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MOBI-KIDS: Risk of brain cancer from exposure to radiofrequency fields in childhood and adolescence
Australian Investigators
Chief Investigator
Associate Investigators
- Prof Bruce Armstrong, School of Public Health, University of Sydney
- Dr Elizabeth Milne, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, WA
- Dr Geza Benke
European Chief Investigators
- Prof Elisabeth Cardis, Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), Spain
- Prof Manolis Kogevinas, CREAL, Spain
- Prof Hans Kromhout, University of Utrecht, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, the Netherlands
- Dr Simon Mann, Health Protection Agency, Radiation Protection Division, United Kingdom
Funded by: NHMRC
Mobile phone use is increasing worldwide and is beginning at earlier ages. This study is an international multi-centre study involving 14 research groups, which will investigate radiofrequency radiation exposure from mobile phone use during childhood and adolescence and later onset of brain tumours. There is considerable community concern about possible health effects from mobile phone exposure, especially in young people, and this has been identified as a high priority research need by the World Health Organisation.
Mobile phone use is increasing in Australia, especially among children and young adults. This study is the Australian arm of an international multi-centre study that will investigate exposure to radiofrequency radiation from mobile phone use during childhood and adolescence and later onset of brain tumours in people between the ages of 10 and 24 years. There is considerable community concern and scientific interest about possible health effects from mobile phone exposure in young people and this multi-centre study will provide important information about such cancer risks.
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