Imperial College London
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DrRachelSmith

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

Research Fellow in Population Child Health
 
 
 
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@article{Traini:2024:10.1016/j.envres.2024.118290,
author = {Traini, E and Smith, RB and Vermeulen, R and Kromhout, H and Schüz, J and Feychting, M and Auvinen, A and Poulsen, AH and Deltour, I and Muller, DC and Heller, J and Tettamanti, G and Elliott, P and Huss, A and Toledano, MB},
doi = {10.1016/j.envres.2024.118290},
journal = {Environmental Research},
title = {Headache in the international cohort study of mobile phone use and health (COSMOS) in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2024.118290},
volume = {248},
year = {2024}
}
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AB  - Headache is a common condition with a substantial burden of disease worldwide. Concerns have been raised over the potential impact of long-term mobile phone use on headache due to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMFs). We explored prospectively the association between mobile phone use at baseline (2009-2012) and headache at follow-up (2015-2018) by analysing pooled data consisting of the Dutch and UK cohorts of the Cohort Study of Mobile Phone Use and Health (COSMOS) (N = 78,437). Frequency of headache, migraine, and information on mobile phone use, including use of hands-free devices and frequency of texting, were self-reported. We collected objective operator data to obtain regression calibrated estimates of voice call duration. In the model mutually adjusted for call-time and text messaging, participants in the high category of call-time showed an adjusted odds ratio (OR) of 1.04 (95 % CI: 0.94-1.15), with no clear trend of reporting headache with increasing call-time. However, we found an increased risk of weekly headache (OR = 1.40, 95 % CI: 1.25-1.56) in the high category of text messaging, with a clear increase in reporting headache with increasing texting. Due to the negligible exposure to RF-EMFs from texting, our results suggest that mechanisms other than RF-EMFs are responsible for the increased risk of headache that we found among mobile phone users.
AU  - Traini,E
AU  - Smith,RB
AU  - Vermeulen,R
AU  - Kromhout,H
AU  - Schüz,J
AU  - Feychting,M
AU  - Auvinen,A
AU  - Poulsen,AH
AU  - Deltour,I
AU  - Muller,DC
AU  - Heller,J
AU  - Tettamanti,G
AU  - Elliott,P
AU  - Huss,A
AU  - Toledano,MB
DO  - 10.1016/j.envres.2024.118290
PY  - 2024///
SN  - 0013-9351
TI  - Headache in the international cohort study of mobile phone use and health (COSMOS) in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom
T2  - Environmental Research
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2024.118290
UR  - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38280529
UR  - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935124001944
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/109479
VL  - 248
ER  -
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