The effect of 60-Hz magnetic fields on co-promotion of chemically induced skin tumors on SENCAR mice: A discussion of three studies

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 94-96

  McLean, Jack R N ^a,b   Thansandote, Art ^a   Lecuyer, David ^a   Goddard, Michael ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

60 Hz magnetic fields; Mouse skin tumor co promotion

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTOXICITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SKIN TUMOR; TUMOR GROWTH;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030937326     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9710594     Document Type: Article

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