Citation

van Rongen E, Roubos EW, van Aernsbergen LM, Brussaard G, Havenaar J, Koops FB, van Leeuwen FE, Leonhard HK, van Rhoon GC, Swaen GM, van de Weerdt RH, Zwamborn APM. Bioelectromagnetics 2004; 25(2): 142-144.

Affiliation

The Electromagnetic Fields Committee, Health Council of the Netherlands, The Hague, The Netherlands.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/bem.10200

PMID

14735565

Abstract

Are there health related arguments to recommend that children limit their use of mobile telephones? The International Expert Group on Mobile Phones from the UK concluded so, but did not come up with convincing scientific data to back this statement. The Health Council of the Netherlands approached the problem by considering whether developmental arguments might be found, i.e., asking if there reason to believe that the heads of children are more susceptible to the electromagnetic fields emitted by mobile telephones than those of adults. It concluded that no major changes in head development occur after the second year of life that might point at a difference in electromagnetic susceptibility between children and adults. The Health Council therefore sees no reason to recommend limiting the use of mobile phones by children.

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