Carcinogenicity Test of 50 Hz Sinusoidal Magnetic Fields in Rats

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 531-540

  Yasui, Mitsuru ^a   Kikuchi, Takehiko ^a   Ogawa, Masahiro ^a   Otaka, Yoshihisa ^b,c   Tsuchitani, Minoru ^b   Iwata, Hiroshi ^b  

^a TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY   (Japan)

^b Kashima Laboratory   (Japan)

^c Mitsubishi Kasei Inst T   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinogenicity; Elf; Lifetime exposures; Magnetic field; Rat; Two year bioassay

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; DISEASES; FOOD SUPPLY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; TUMORS;

CARCINOGENICITY; ELF; EXPOSED TO; EXPOSURE GROUPS; FEMALE RAT; LIFETIME EXPOSURE; MAGNETIC-FIELD; MALE RATS; SINUSOIDAL MAGNETIC FIELDS; TWO-YEAR BIOASSAY;

RATS;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CARCINOGEN TESTING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; FISCHER 344 RAT; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CARCINOGENICITY TESTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA, RADIATION-INDUCED; MALE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0030635239     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(1997)18:8<531::AID-BEM1>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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