Patterns of cellular phone use among young people in 12 countries: Implications for RF exposure

Country of origin explains the number and duration of calls and most of the difference between SMS and data / Wi-Fi

Exposing radio communication technology to the radio frequency (RF) field during characterization of children and adolescents is the focus of research on the effects of radio frequency health. Mobi-Expo's research aims to explain the characteristics and determinants of mobile phone use among 534 young people (10 to 24 years old) in 12 countries. This survey collected data on the use of wireless communication devices of that age using a specially designed software application installed on a smartphone. Gender, age, maternity education, calendar year and state role are evaluated by a multivariate model that adjusts all variables to each other. The number and duration of phones for women were compared with that of men (geometric mean (GM) ratio of 17 and 42, respectively) and 20-24 age groups compared with age groups 10-14 (09 and 40 respectively GM ratio) and the lowest compared to the highest social class (GM ratios of 52 and 58, respectively). The number of women (GM ratio 46) and middle-aged population (15-19 years old: GM ratio 21 compared to children aged 10-14 years) is more and decreases with the passage of time. Data usage was highest in the oldest age group, Wi - Fi usage was highest in middle - aged people. Over time, the use of data and Wi-Fi is on the rise. The number and duration of calls, text messages, and data / Wi-Fi usage vary greatly from country to country. The country and age account for 50% of the difference. There is no big difference in sex, age, education, learning period, or country in left and right difference between hands-free and use. Despite the limitations of convenience samples, these results provide valuable insight into the design, analysis, and interpretation of future epidemiological studies addressing the health effects of exposure by young people using mobile phones Offers. In addition, the information provided in this study can be used to design strategies to minimize RF exposure.

"Public exposure to electromagnetic radiation (RF and microwave) has increased sharply with the introduction and use of radiotelephones, cell phones, pagers, and antennas in communities designed to transmit RF signals . Biological effects caused by RF exposure, which are increasingly recognized that nonthermal or low intensity RF exposure is detected in living tissues and have definite biological effects include cell membrane function, metabolism , Cell signaling, prototype activation Change - Oncogenes and cell death

Exposing radio communication technology to the radio frequency (RF) field during characterization of children and adolescents is the focus of research on the effects of radio frequency health. Mobi-Expo's research aims to explain the characteristics and determinants of mobile phone use among 534 young people (10 to 24 years old) in 12 countries. This survey collected data on the use of wireless communication devices of that age using a specially designed software application installed on a smartphone. Gender, age, maternity education, calendar year and state role are evaluated by a multivariate model that adjusts all variables to each other. The number and duration of the telephone calls for women is 20-24 compared to that of men (geometric mean (GM) ratio of 1.17 and 1.42 respectively) and 10-14 age groups (GM ratios of 2.09 and 4.40 respectively) It was comparable to the age group of. And the lowest compared to the highest social class (GM ratio of 1.52 and 1.58 respectively)

And how people use them. The custom of technology and use is constantly changing. As of June 2011, according to the statistics of Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association, there were over 320 million mobile phone users in the United States. Because the energy emitted from mobile phones is called radiofrequency (RF) waves, people are worried that these radio waves increase the risk of brain tumors and other tumors. This RF energy comes from. , Ebel, E .; B., (2013) Antenna. History of forced use of mobile phone and car collision. Journal of Adolescent Health, 53 (4). 512-519. Doi: 10.1016 / j.jadohealth.2013.05.015 Thomee, S. , Harenstam, A .; Hagberg, M. (2011). Youth mobile phone use and stress, sleeping disorders and depressive symptoms: prospective cohort study. BMC Public Health, 11 (66). DOI: 10.1186 / 1471-2458-11-66