University of Auckland
Partner: University of Auckland
Country: New Zealand
Key Person: Alistair Woodward
Contact:
The overall objective of the MOBI-KIDS project aims to assess the potential associations between use of communication devices and other environmental risk factors and brain tumours.
In order to achieve this objective, MOBI-KIDS has the following operational objectives:
In order to achieve this objective, MOBI-KIDS has the following operational objectives:
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To conduct a multinational epidemiological case-control study of brain tumours diagnosed in young people in relation to communication technologies and environmental risk factors in 12 countries
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To analyse the relation between different possible risk factors of brain tumours in the general environment of young people
Therefore, over a study period of five years, nearly 2000 young people between 10 to 24 years with brain tumours and a similar number of young people without a brain tumour will be invited to participate in the study.
Links: The University of Auckland
UOA School of Population Health