Free radical mechanism for the effects of environmental electromagnetic fields on biological systems

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-24

  Brocklehurst, B ^a   McLauchlan, K A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CANCER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ETIOLOGY; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FREE RADICALS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029870678     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095530096146147     Document Type: Review

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