Chronic Exposure of Cancer-Prone Mice to Low-Level 2450 MHz Radiofrequency Radiation

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 20-31

  Frei, Melvin R ^a   Berger, Rick E ^b   Dusch, Steven J ^a   Guel, Veronica ^a   Jauchem, James R ^c   Merritt, James H ^c   Stedham, Michael A ^d  

^a TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Operational Technologies Corporation   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Long term exposure; Mammary tumors; Microwaves; Tumor incidence

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; MAMMALS;

CHRONIC EXPOSURE; CIRCULARLY-POLARIZED; CONTINUOUS WAVE; FAST GROWTH RATE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LOW-LEVEL EXPOSURE; MAMMARY TUMORS; RADIO FREQUENCY RADIATION; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR INCIDENCE;

TUMORS;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C3H MOUSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL NEOPLASM; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; LIVER TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; METASTASIS; MOUSE; OVARY TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; UTERUS CANCER; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, ANIMAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RADIO WAVES; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031601724     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-186x(1998)19:1<20::aid-bem2>3.0.co;2-6     Document Type: Article

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