In this light, some scientists have suggested that the use of necessary mobile phones should be restricted in high-risk groups such as children. This study is an attempt to explore the pattern of mobile phone use and its health effects among students from the city of Shiraz,

Iran. Methods: A total of 469 (235 males and 234 females; 250 elementary and 219 junior high school) healthy students participated in this study. The students were randomly selected from three different educational districts of the city. For each student, Inhibitors,research,lifescience,medical a questionnaire regarding the possible sources of exposure to electromagnetic fields or microwave radiation, specially the pattern of mobile phone use, medical history and life style was filled out by interviewers. Results: Only 31.42% of the students Inhibitors,research,lifescience,medical used to use mobile phones. The average daily time of using mobile phones in talk mode was 7.08±21.42 minutes. Not only the relative frequency of mobile phone ownership

in boys was significantly Inhibitors,research,lifescience,medical more than the girls, but also the boys used their mobile phones more frequently. Statistically significant associations were found between the time mobile phones were used in talk mode and some symptoms. Furthermore, a statistically significant association was found between the time mobile phones were used in talk mode and the number of headaches per month, number of vertigo per month, or number of sleeping problem per month. Conclusion: Results obtained in this study show that a large proportion of children in the city of Shiraz use mobile phones. A significant increase was found in some self-reported symptoms among users of mobile phones. These findings Inhibitors,research,lifescience,medical are in line with

what is widely believed regarding the higher vulnerability of children to exhibit symptoms from using mobile phones. The findings and conclusion of the present study should be viewed in the light the nature Inhibitors,research,lifescience,medical of symptoms measurement (self-report) and the knowledge and understandings of the participants about the symptoms. Key Words: Mobile phone, Elementary selleck chemical Bortezomib school, junior high school, students, Iran Introduction Electromagnetic radiation in radiofrequency (RF) region has long been used for different types of information exchange. Modern mobile phones support a wide variety GSK-3 of technical functions from enabling real time two-way communication to data processing. Furthermore, using Wi-Fi that is a protocol for fast data exchange over a wireless network, new mobile phones can access wireless data networks via the internet. In some countries such as the US the users of mobile phones consist about 80% of the population,1 and in some European countries the effective penetration status is “one phone: one person.