Acta Medica Medianae
Vol. 49, No 4, December, 2010
UDK 61
ISSN 0365-4478(Printed version)
ISSN 1821-2794(Online)
 

Correspondence to:

Radoje Jevtić

ETŠ „Nikola Tesla“

Aleksandra Medvedeva 18

18000 Niš. Srbija

E-mail: milan.jvtc@gmail.com

Original article
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PROBLEM OF USING MOBILE PHONES BY CHILDREN AGED 7 TO 10 YEARS

Predrag Spirić¹, Sanja Spirić² and Milan Stanković²

                          University of Priština temporarily seated in Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia¹

                          Elementary School “Ćele Kula“, Niš, Serbia²

                          Secondary Vocational Electrotechnical School “Nikola Tesla“, Niš³

The icreased use of mobile phones in the last several years by children leads to a growing exposure to electromagnetic radiation which is emitted by mobile phones to  child's head; therefore, it is neccessary to determine the health risk for children exposed to mobile phones. For that reason, it is necessary to get insight into some important aspects of using mobile phones by children such as: average duration of one call, duration of all calls in one day, number of sent messages in one day, but also the number of children using the mobile phone. This paper presents the results of a three-year investigation related to the aforesaid aspects, conducted on the sample of 120 examenees - children attending I to IV grades in the elementary school „Ćele Kula“. Acta Medica Medianae 2010, Vol49(4):36-38.

                        Key words: mobile phone , investigation, children