Cell-Phone Use and Cancer: A Case Study Exploring the Scientific Method

by: Wilma V. Colón Parrilla

Designed for an introductory nonmajors biology course, this case study presents students with a series of short news stories describing a scientific study of cell-phone use and its health effects. Students read the news stories and then the scientific paper they are based on, comparing the information presented by the news media to the information contained in the original research article.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 9/1/2007Stock # jcst07_037_01_20Volume 037Issue 01

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