Complex Effects of Long-Term 50 Hz Magnetic Field Exposure in Vivo on Immune Functions in Female Sprague-Dawley Rats Depend on Duration of Exposure

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 259-270

  Mevissen, Meike ^a   Häussier, Monika ^a   Szamel, Marta ^b   Emmendörffer, Andreas ^c   Thun Battersby, Susanne ^a   Löscher, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR TOXICOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer; Electromagnetic fields; Immune system; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; DISEASES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; RATS; T-CELLS; TUMORS;

CANCER; COMPLEX EFFECTS; FIELD EXPOSURE; IN-VIVO; MAGNETIC-FIELD; MAMMARY TUMORS; MITOGENIC; MITOGENS; SPRAGUE-DAWLEY RATS; T LYMPHOCYTES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

PHYTOLACCACEAE;

INTERLEUKIN 1;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; FEMALE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MAGNETISM; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; T LYMPHOCYTE; TIME;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNITY; INTERLEUKIN-1; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MAGNETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031616998     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-186x(1998)19:4<259::aid-bem7>3.0.co;2-0     Document Type: Article

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