Measurement of DNA damage after exposure to electromagnetic radiation in the cellular phone communication frequency band (835.62 and 847.74 MHz)

Radiation Research

Volumn 148, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 618-627

  Malyapa, Robert S ^a   Ahern, Eric W ^a   Straube, William L ^a   Moros, Eduardo G ^a   Pickard, William F ^b   Roti Roti, Joseph L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; CESIUM 137;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FIBROBLAST; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TELECOMMUNICATION; TUMOR CELL;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030696022     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579738     Document Type: Article

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