Question: Which ear do you use for your mobile phone?

["Bjorn Cedervall" <bcradsafers@HOTMAIL.COM>]

Dear Radsafers,



One of the key issues related to the recent mobile phone & brain tumor 

controversy involves the question of whether the patients had the tumor on 

the same side as the one they use for talking on their mobile phones. Just 

asking myself about the telephone ear – I realize that I hardly know myself 

so then my question is – what about other people = you?



In other words – for you who can spend a minute on this issue and to help me 

to get some statistics – please answer the following (your response is 

needed as soon as possible):



REMEMBER THAT YOUR RESPONSE IS IMPORTANT – THIS IS NOT A GAME.



QUESTION: WHICH EAR DO YOU USE WHEN YOU USE YOUR MOBILE PHONE?

Right/left/both/don’t know



If you use only one ear - just respond by saying right or left.

If you use both ears – just write both - you may indicate a fraction like 

2/3 on the right (or left) ear.

(I may not be able to handle the statistics for fractions but some comments 

would still be interesting)

If you don’t know – please write ”don’t know”.



You may ask your close family members to see whether they can say which ear 

you use – and whether the response is correct or not (and send me a comment 

regarding that). The key question is the one above however. I value all 

other related comments but they will of course not be used in any form of 

statistics.



Please send your RESPONSES TO  best3d72@yahoo.com (I can’t take tons of 

responses at this email address). I will try to arrange so that someone else 

independent of the controversy can see the responses.



If you don't use a mobile phone - please indicate that and give me the 

corresponding answer according to the question above.



I will post a summary at the top of my website so that anyone can follow the 

result:

http://www.geocities.com/bjorn_cedervall/

Your help will be greatly appreciated.



Sincerely yours,



Bjorn Cedervall   bcradsafers@hotmail.com

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Assoc. Prof., Depts. Med. Radiation Biology & Med. Radiation Physics

Karolinska Institutet, Box 260,

S-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden

Ph/Fax: Int + 468 336414  or Mobile: Int + 4670 5395344





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