Occupational exposure to radio frequencies in the development of head and neck cancer: a systematic review of cohort studies

Senses and Sciences

Alberto De Biase¹  Fabrizio Guerra¹  Giuseppe La Torre²  Alice Mannocci²  Guglielmo Giraldi² 

[1] Department of Oral and Maxillo Facial Sciences, Teaching Hospital “Umberto I”, Rome;Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome;

关键词: head and neck;    cancer;    occupational exposure;    electromagnetic;    workers;    microwave;    cohort.;   

DOI  :  10.14616/sands-2014-1-0514

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This systematic review aimed to summarize published data on cohort studies investigating the association between the occupational exposure to radio frequencies and clinical outcome of head and neck cancers.We retrieved the relevant articles from PubMed and SCOPUS databases. Studies were selected using specific inclusion and exclusioncriteria: study design, professional exposure and type of head and neck cancers.Twenty-nine articles were included in the present analysis.Occupational exposure to radio frequencies might be associated with the development to head and neck cancer. No consistentevidences generally were found in the review. An interesting, even if weak, association with incidence of larynx tumor was found inthree studies: RR=1.46 (95%CI: 1.05-2.43) for all electronic workers; RR=1.4 (95%CI: 1.2-1.6) for male electrical workers; and asignificant SIR for electrical workers =1.39 (95%CI: 1.08-1.76).

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