Mobile phone use, blood lead levels, and attention deficit hyperactivity symptoms in children: a longitudinal study.
BACKGROUND: Concerns have developed for the possible negative health effects of radiofrequency electromagnetic field (RF-EMF) exposure to children's brains. The purpose of this longitudinal study was to investigate the association between mobile phone use and symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyper...
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| author | Yoon-Hwan Byun Mina Ha Ho-Jang Kwon Yun-Chul Hong Jong-Han Leem Joon Sakong Su Young Kim Chul Gab Lee Dongmug Kang Hyung-Do Choi Nam Kim |
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| description | BACKGROUND: Concerns have developed for the possible negative health effects of radiofrequency electromagnetic field (RF-EMF) exposure to children's brains. The purpose of this longitudinal study was to investigate the association between mobile phone use and symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) considering the modifying effect of lead exposure. METHODS: A total of 2,422 children at 27 elementary schools in 10 Korean cities were examined and followed up 2 years later. Parents or guardians were administered a questionnaire including the Korean version of the ADHD rating scale and questions about mobile phone use, as well as socio-demographic factors. The ADHD symptom risk for mobile phone use was estimated at two time points using logistic regression and combined over 2 years using the generalized estimating equation model with repeatedly measured variables of mobile phone use, blood lead, and ADHD symptoms, adjusted for covariates. RESULTS: The ADHD symptom risk associated with mobile phone use for voice calls but the association was limited to children exposed to relatively high lead. CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that simultaneous exposure to lead and RF from mobile phone use was associated with increased ADHD symptom risk, although possible reverse causality could not be ruled out. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6f08a3f02e594698abf1dffad47e16f82022-12-21T19:56:38ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032013-01-0183e5974210.1371/journal.pone.0059742Mobile phone use, blood lead levels, and attention deficit hyperactivity symptoms in children: a longitudinal study.Yoon-Hwan ByunMina HaHo-Jang KwonYun-Chul HongJong-Han LeemJoon SakongSu Young KimChul Gab LeeDongmug KangHyung-Do ChoiNam KimBACKGROUND: Concerns have developed for the possible negative health effects of radiofrequency electromagnetic field (RF-EMF) exposure to children's brains. The purpose of this longitudinal study was to investigate the association between mobile phone use and symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) considering the modifying effect of lead exposure. METHODS: A total of 2,422 children at 27 elementary schools in 10 Korean cities were examined and followed up 2 years later. Parents or guardians were administered a questionnaire including the Korean version of the ADHD rating scale and questions about mobile phone use, as well as socio-demographic factors. The ADHD symptom risk for mobile phone use was estimated at two time points using logistic regression and combined over 2 years using the generalized estimating equation model with repeatedly measured variables of mobile phone use, blood lead, and ADHD symptoms, adjusted for covariates. RESULTS: The ADHD symptom risk associated with mobile phone use for voice calls but the association was limited to children exposed to relatively high lead. CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that simultaneous exposure to lead and RF from mobile phone use was associated with increased ADHD symptom risk, although possible reverse causality could not be ruled out.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3605379?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Yoon-Hwan Byun Mina Ha Ho-Jang Kwon Yun-Chul Hong Jong-Han Leem Joon Sakong Su Young Kim Chul Gab Lee Dongmug Kang Hyung-Do Choi Nam Kim Mobile phone use, blood lead levels, and attention deficit hyperactivity symptoms in children: a longitudinal study. PLoS ONE |
| title | Mobile phone use, blood lead levels, and attention deficit hyperactivity symptoms in children: a longitudinal study. |
| title_full | Mobile phone use, blood lead levels, and attention deficit hyperactivity symptoms in children: a longitudinal study. |
| title_fullStr | Mobile phone use, blood lead levels, and attention deficit hyperactivity symptoms in children: a longitudinal study. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mobile phone use, blood lead levels, and attention deficit hyperactivity symptoms in children: a longitudinal study. |
| title_short | Mobile phone use, blood lead levels, and attention deficit hyperactivity symptoms in children: a longitudinal study. |
| title_sort | mobile phone use blood lead levels and attention deficit hyperactivity symptoms in children a longitudinal study |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3605379?pdf=render |
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