Imperial College London
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ProfessorPaulElliott

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

Chair in Epidemiology and Public Health Medicine
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 3328p.elliott Website

 
 
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Assistant

 

Miss Jennifer Wells +44 (0)20 7594 3328

 
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Location

 

154Norfolk PlaceSt Mary's Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

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@article{Gao:2018:10.1038/s41416-018-0365-6,
author = {Gao, H and Aresu, M and Vergnaud, AC and McRobie, D and Spear, J and Heard, A and Kongsgard, HW and Singh, D and Muller, DC and Elliott, P and Wells, J},
doi = {10.1038/s41416-018-0365-6},
journal = {British Journal of Cancer},
pages = {375--378},
title = {Personal radio use and cancer risks among 48,158 British police officers and staff from the Airwave Health Monitoring Study},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41416-018-0365-6},
volume = {120},
year = {2018}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - BackgroundRadiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) from mobile phones have been classified as potentially carcinogenic. No study has investigated use of Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA), a source of RF-EMF with wide occupational use, and cancer risks.MethodsWe investigated association of monthly personal radio use and risk of cancer using Cox proportional hazards regression among 48,518 police officers and staff of the Airwave Health Monitoring Study in Great Britain.ResultsDuring median follow-up of 5.9 years, 716 incident cancer cases were identified. Among users, the median of the average monthly duration of use in the year prior to enrolment was 30.5  min (inter-quartile range 8.1, 68.1). Overall, there was no association between personal radio use and risk of all cancers (hazard ratio [HR] = 0.98, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.93, 1.03). For head and neck cancers HR = 0.72 (95% CI: 0.30, 1.70) among personal radio users vs non-users, and among users it was 1.06 (95% CI: 0.91, 1.23) per doubling of minutes of personal radio use.ConclusionsWith the limited follow-up to date, we found no evidence of association of personal radio use with cancer risk. Continued follow-up of the cohort is warranted.
AU  - Gao,H
AU  - Aresu,M
AU  - Vergnaud,AC
AU  - McRobie,D
AU  - Spear,J
AU  - Heard,A
AU  - Kongsgard,HW
AU  - Singh,D
AU  - Muller,DC
AU  - Elliott,P
AU  - Wells,J
DO  - 10.1038/s41416-018-0365-6
EP  - 378
PY  - 2018///
SN  - 0007-0920
SP  - 375
TI  - Personal radio use and cancer risks among 48,158 British police officers and staff from the Airwave Health Monitoring Study
T2  - British Journal of Cancer
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41416-018-0365-6
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/66257
VL  - 120
ER  -
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