DNA damage in rat brain cells after IN Vivo exposure to 2450 MHz electromagnetic radiation and various methods of Euthanasia

Radiation Research

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 637-645

  Malyapa, Robert S ^a   Ahern, Eric W ^a   Bi, Chen ^a   Straube, William L ^a   LaRegina, Marie ^b   Pickard, William F ^c   Roti Roti, Joseph L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EUTHANASIA; GENOTOXICITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DNA DAMAGE; EUTHANASIA; MALE; MICROWAVES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0031833665     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579911     Document Type: Article

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