Effects of 50 Hz magnetic fields on UV-induced skin tumourigenesis in ODC-transgenic and non-transgenic mice

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 113-121

  Kumlin, T ^a   Kosma, V M ^a   Alhonen, L ^a   Janne J ^a   Komulainen, H ^b   Lang, S ^a   Rytomaa T ^c   Servomaa, K ^c   Juutilainen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MAGNETICS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0000273652     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095530098142761     Document Type: Article

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