Surgical Neurology
Volume 72, Issue 3 , Pages 216-222 , September 2009

Cell phone use and acoustic neuroma: the need for standardized questionnaires and access to industry data

  • Yueh-Ying Han, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Environmental Oncology-University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI), Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    • Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    • ,
  • Hideyuki Kano, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    • Department of Center for Image-Guided Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    • ,
  • Devra L. Davis, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Environmental Oncology-University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI), Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    • Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    • ,
  • Ajay Niranjan, MCh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    • Department of Center for Image-Guided Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    • ,
  • L. Dade Lunsford, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    • Department of Center for Image-Guided Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. University of Pittsburgh, UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. Tel.: +1 412 647 6781; fax: +1 412 647 6783.

Received 20 November 2008 ,Accepted 20 January 2009.

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☆ Drs Lunsford and Niranjan are consultants with A B Elekta (Elekta, Inc., Atlanta, GA, USA).

PII: S0090-3019(09)00080-9

doi: 10.1016/j.surneu.2009.01.010

Surgical Neurology
Volume 72, Issue 3 , Pages 216-222 , September 2009

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