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Table 3 Parents’ perception of health risk from wireless phones

From: New Zealand adolescents’ cellphone and cordless phone user-habits: are they at increased risk of brain tumours already? A cross-sectional study

Risk concern

Cellphone % (N=325)

Cordless phone % (N=324)

None

7.4

23.5

Low

37.2

34.9

Moderate

29.8

11.1

High

7.1

4.0

Don’t know

18.5

26.6

  1. Parents’ perception of health risk was greater for cellphones than cordless phones.