Comments on "Association of excessive mobile phone use during pregnancy with birth weight: an adjunct study in Kumamoto of Japan Environment and Children's Study".
This publication is a comment on a study reporting an association between excessive mobile phone use during pregnancy and birth weight. The authors argue the referenced study has shortcomings and cannot address whether ordinary mobile phone use during pregnancy leads to low birth weight. They note their prior research reported no statistically significant birth-weight differences between exposed and non-exposed mothers.
Key points
- This is a commentary on Lu et al. regarding mobile phone use during pregnancy and birth weight.
- The authors state Lu et al.'s study has shortcomings and cannot answer whether ordinary phone use affects birth weight.
- They report that their prior work found no statistically significant difference in mean birth weight between EMF-exposed and non-exposed mothers.
- The letter discusses the origin of controversy between the two sets of findings.
- No quantitative exposure details (e.g., frequency, SAR) are provided in the abstract.
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