DNA damage in molt-4 T-lymphoblastoid cells exposed to cellular telephone radiofrequency fields in vitro

Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 103-110

  Phillips, Jerry L ^a   Ivaschuk, Oleg ^a   Ishida Jones, Tamako ^a   Jones, Robert A ^a   Campbell Beachler, Mary ^a   Haggren, Wendy ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular telephones; Comet assay; DNA damage; Radiofrequency radiation; Single cell gel electrophoresis; Single strand breaks

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS; RADIATION HAZARDS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

KOLMOGOROV-SMIRNOFF DISTRIBUTION TESTS; SINGLE CELL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS (TDMA) SIGNALS;

CELL CULTURE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL LINE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0032029274     PISSN: 03024598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0302-4598(98)00074-9     Document Type: Article

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