Action of a 50 Hz Magnetic Field on Proliferation of Cells in Culture

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 177-183

  Schimmelpfeng, Jutta ^a   Dertinger, Hermann ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Cell growth; Chronobiological effects; Induced electric field; Low frequency electromagnetic field

Indexed keywords

CELL GROWTH; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GROWTH KINETICS;

3T3 MOUSE FIBROBLASTS; AFTER-TREATMENT; CELL CYCLE; CELL NUMBER; CHRONOBIOLOGICAL EFFECT; INDUCED ELECTRIC FIELDS; LOW FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC-FIELD; QUASI-CYCLIC; SINGLE EXPOSURE;

CELL CULTURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CELL STRAIN HL 60; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HL-60 CELLS; HUMANS; MICE;

EID: 0030623340     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(1997)18:2<177::AID-BEM11>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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