"Conclusion: Speaking on the mobile phone over an hour will decrease total antioxidant capacity of saliva and salivary IgA levels more than those speaking less than 20 minutes; this may increase the risk of inflammatory diseases or mouth cancer in the people. It is suggested that future studies be conducted with larger sample size examining the antioxidant system separately."
Iranian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 43, No. 4, April 2014
*Fateme ARBABI-KALATI 1 , Saeedeh SALIMI 2 , Ali VAZIRY-RABIEE 3 , Mohammad NORAEEI 3
Abstract
Abstract
Background: Nowadays mobile phone is very popular, causing concern about the effect it has on people's health. Parotid salivary glands are in close contact to cell phone while talking with the phone and the possibility of being affected by them. Limited studies have evaluated the effect of cell phone use on the secretions of these glands; so this study was designed to investigate the effects of duration of mobile phone use on the total antioxidant capacity of saliva.
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