© 2001 by Oxford University Press
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 93, No. 3, 165,
February 7, 2001
© 2001 Oxford University Press
MEMORANDUM FOR: Science Writers and Editors on the Journal Press List
Nationwide Danish Study Finds No Link Between Cell Phone Use and Cancer
February 1, 2001 (EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE 4 P.M. EST February 6)
No relationship between cellular telephone use and the incidence of cancer was found in a study of all Danish users of cell phones.
The study, which covered more than 400,000 Danish users of cell phones from 1982 through 1995, compares the numbers of cancers observed in the group with the expected numbers of cancers calculated for cancer incidence rates in the entire Danish population. No of brain or nervous system cancers,