Effects of 50 Hz EMF Exposure on Micronucleus Formation and Apoptosis in Transformed and Nontransformed Human Cell Lines

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 85-91

  Simko M ^a,b   Kriehuber, R ^a   Weiss, D G ^a   Luben, R A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid cells (AFC cells); Apoptosis; Cytogenetic effects; Extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields (ELF EMF); Micronucleus formation; SCL II cells

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; AMNIOTIC FLUID CELL (AMNIOTIC FLUID CELL LINE CELL); CELL LINES; CYTOGENETIC EFFECTS; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EXTREMELY LOW-FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FLUID CELLS; MICRONUCLEUS FORMATION; SCL II CELL;

CELL DEATH;

AMNION FLUID; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; MICRONUCLEUS; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; APOPTOSIS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL LINE; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; HUMANS; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031600109     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(1998)19:2<85::AID-BEM5>3.0.CO;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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