Study on pineal function and dmba-induced breast cancer formation in rats during exposure to a 100-mg, 50-hz magnetic field

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 169-186

  Mevissen, Meike ^a   Lerchl, Alexander ^b   Löscher, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

7,12 DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; MAGNETIC FIELD; NONHUMAN; PINEAL GLAND FUNCTION; PINEALECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TUMOR GROWTH;

9,10-DIMETHYL-1,2-BENZANTHRACENE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029934860     PISSN: 00984108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/009841096161410     Document Type: Article

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