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¹ Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
² Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan
³ Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan
⁴ Biomedical EMC Group, Wireless Communications Division, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo, Japan
⁵ Department of Public Health, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

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Naohito Yamaguchi, 8-1 Kawadacho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8666, Japan; yamaguch@research.twmu.ac.jp

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Professor Kundi pointed out the potential limitations of our study "Mobile phone use and acoustic neuroma risk in Japan". We would like to make a brief comment on his interpretation of our report.

His opinion is focussed around the slow growth of acoustic neuromas and he uses an IF THEN rule, assuming that exposure to microwaves from mobile phones has an influence on growth rate. His assumption on the mode of effect, if any, is not rooted in firm scientific evidence, but he develops the argument as if this assumption were true. As all epidemiologists know, many epidemiological studies are conducted before knowledge of the biological mechanism is available. It would be wrong to postpone investigation simply because of the possibility that a long latency period might preclude the detection of an elevated risk. Also, we wish to emphasise that no epidemiologist makes a final judgment based on a . . . [Full text of this article]

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