Acceptable radiation leakage of microwave ovens on pregnant and newborn rat brains

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 215-219

  Inaloz S S ^a   Dasdag S ^a   Ceviz, A ^a   Bilici, A ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Microwave oven; Non ionising radiation; Teratology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MICROWAVE OVEN; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROGENY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; TERATOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN EDEMA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; LYMPHOCYTES; MICROWAVES; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0031436040     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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