Exposure of DMBA-treated female rats in a 50-Hz, 50 μTesla magnetic field: Effects on mammary tumor growth, melatonin levels, and T lymphocyte activation

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 903-910

  Mevissen, Meike ^a   Lerchl, Alexander ^b   Szamel, Marta ^c   Löscher, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b INST OF REPRO MED OF THE UNIV   (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TUMOR GROWTH;

9,10-DIMETHYL-1,2-BENZANTHRACENE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MAGNETICS; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; MELATONIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0030014339     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/17.5.903     Document Type: Article

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