Background In addition to their widespread applications in various fields, cellular phones have some inappropriate social consequences, including psychosocial addiction, degradation of values, reduced social interactions, early maturity and endangering the psychological...

In recent years, a growing concern about the possible health hazards of mobile phones radiofrequency radiation has increased considerably among almost everyone in the world, even on those who do not have such phones. Moreover, new technologies, which use the spectrum of high frequency emissions, are incorporated in many aspects of telecommunications. As a consequence, there is a lot of interest...

Mobile phones and stethoscopes used in neonatology units could be colonized by potentiel bacteria pathogens. It can be a vector of severe nosocomial infections and multi-drug-resistant pathogens. The aim of this study is to evaluate the microbial contamination of mobile phones and stethoscopes, used by medical and paramedical staff. The study was conducted in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)...

BACKGROUND Potential health effects of cell phone use in children have not been adequately examined. As children are using cell phones at earlier ages, research among this group has been identified as the highest priority by both national and international organisations. The authors previously reported results from the Danish National Birth Cohort (DNBC), which looked at prenatal and postnatal ...

BACKGROUND The World Health Organization has emphasized the need for research into the possible effects of radiofrequency fields in children. We examined the association between prenatal and postnatal exposure to cell phones and behavioral problems in young children. METHODS Mothers were recruited to the Danish National Birth Cohort early in pregnancy. When the children of those pregnancies r...

Use of cell phones has grown dramatically. By the turn of this century, cell phone use had reached a majority of the populations in Canada, the United States, Australia, Germany, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and Italy. However, a digital divide exists between people with and without disabilities in their use of mobile phones. Gaps in usage occur across all age groups. In a study by Bryen, Car...

Background: Social media is a place for students to follow trends. However, Islamic boarding schools limit by prohibiting them from bringing cell phones; therefore, they are not influenced the outside world, even online.Purpose: The purpose of this study explore experiences female as users social related dormitory rules.Methods: Using qualitative research design with phenomenological approach. ...