Lymphoma induced in mice chronically exposed to very strong low-frequency electromagnetic field

Cancer Letters

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 257-269

  Fam, Wagih Z ^a,c   Mikhail, Eva L ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

60 Hz magnetic field; Animals; Pathology; Prolonged exposure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030564994     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3835(96)04324-8     Document Type: Article

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