Assessment of radio-frequency electromagnetic radiation by the micronucleus test in bovine peripheral erythrocytes

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 81-85

  Balode, Zanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

Author keywords

cows; electromagnetic radiation; micronuclei; peripheral erythrocytes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ERYTHROCYTE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; TELECOMMUNICATION; USSR;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

EID: 0029926001     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(95)04923-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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