Experts sceptical of study linking mobile phones to behavioural problems in children

MEDICAL experts have cast doubt on a study that found pregnant mothers who regularly used mobile phones were more likely to have children with behavioural problems.

The survey, reported in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, found that kids who had been exposed to mobile phones both before and after birth were 50 per cent more likely to have problems.

But doctors have said they are sceptical of the study, which used data from Danish couples, and the results were “over-interpreted”.

Wollongong University’s Professor Rodney Croft said the data was not strong enough to indicate causation but just an “association”.

"I do not believe that this study provides evidence of a negative effect of maternal mobile phone use on childhood development, nor for the need for added caution,” Professor Croft said.

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