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

Abstract

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 threeyear 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“.

Keywords

• mobile phone
• investigation
• children