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  "abstract": "Headache is a common condition with a substantial burden of disease worldwide. Concerns have been raised over the potential impact of long-term mobile phone use on headache due to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMFs). We explored prospectively the association between mobile phone use at baseline (2009-2012) and headache at follow-up (2015-2018) by analysing pooled data consisting of the Dutch and UK cohorts of the Cohort Study of Mobile Phone Use and Health (COSMOS) (N = 78,437). Frequency of headache, migraine, and information on mobile phone use, including use of hands-free devices and frequency of texting, were self-reported. We collected objective operator data to obtain regression calibrated estimates of voice call duration. In the model mutually adjusted for call-time and text messaging, participants in the high category of call-time showed an adjusted odds ratio (OR) of 1.04 (95 % CI: 0.94-1.15), with no clear trend of reporting headache with increasing call-time. However, we found an increased risk of weekly headache (OR = 1.40, 95 % CI: 1.25-1.56) in the high category of text messaging, with a clear increase in reporting headache with increasing texting. Due to the negligible exposure to RF-EMFs from texting, our results suggest that mechanisms other than RF-EMFs are responsible for the increased risk of headache that we found among mobile phone users.",
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  "authors": [
    {
      "name": "Eugenio Traini"
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    {
      "name": "Rachel B. Smith"
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    {
      "name": "Roel Vermeulen"
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    {
      "name": "Hans Kromhout"
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    {
      "name": "Joachim Schüz"
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    {
      "name": "Maria Feychting"
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    {
      "name": "Anssi Auvinen"
    },
    {
      "name": "Aslak Harbo Poulsen"
    },
    {
      "name": "Isabelle Deltour"
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    {
      "name": "David C. Muller"
    },
    {
      "name": "Joël Heller"
    },
    {
      "name": "Giorgio Tettamanti"
    },
    {
      "name": "Paul Elliott"
    },
    {
      "name": "Anke Huss"
    },
    {
      "name": "Mireille B. Toledano"
    }
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  "bibtex": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/fk5d74tty0ce0.bib",
  "cited_by": 5,
  "doi": "10.1016/j.envres.2024.118290",
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  "language": "en",
  "licence": "CC-BY",
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  "published": "2026-10-12",
  "publisher": "Elsevier",
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  "subjects": [
    {
      "field": "biochemistry",
      "origin": "openalex:1304|Electromagnetic Fields and Biological Effects",
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  "title": "Headache in the international cohort study of mobile phone use and health (COSMOS) in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom",
  "title_text": "Headache in the international cohort study of mobile phone use and health (COSMOS) in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom",
  "type": "peer-reviewed",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-30T12:17:55Z",
  "url": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/fk5d74tty0ce0",
  "venue": "Environmental Research",
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