The Effects of 50 Hz Magnetic Field Exposure on Dimethylbenz(α)anthracene Induced Thymic Lymphoma/Leukemia in Mice

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 360-364

  Shen, Y H ^a,b   Shao, B J ^a   Chiang, H ^a   Fu, Y D ^a   Yu, M ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dimethylbenz ( )anthracene (DMBA); Extremely low frequency (ELF); Thymic lymphoma leukemia; Tumor promotion

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAMMALS; ONCOLOGY; TUMORS;

BRAIN TUMORS; DIMETHYLBENZ-(Α)ANTHRACENE (DMBA); EXPOSED TO; EXPOSURE GROUPS; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCIES; EXTREMELY-LOW-FREQUENCY; FIELD EXPOSURE; MAGNETIC-FIELD; THYMIC LYMPHOMA/LEUKEMIA; TUMOR PROMOTION;

ANTHRACENE;

7,12 DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; CARCINOGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EXPERIMENTAL LEUKEMIA; LIVER TUMOR; LYMPHOMA; METASTASIS; MOUSE; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; PATHOLOGY; SPLEEN TUMOR; THYMOMA;

9,10-DIMETHYL-1,2-BENZANTHRACENE; ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; LEUKEMIA, EXPERIMENTAL; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOMA; MICE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030630707     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-186x(1997)18:5<360::aid-bem3>3.0.co;2-0     Document Type: Article

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