Selective potentiation of gynecologic cancer cell growth in vitro by electromagnetic fields

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 64-71

  Watson, Joanna M ^a   Parrish, Eloise A ^a   Rinehart, Clifford A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; EMF; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; PACLITAXEL;

ANCHORAGE INDEPENDENT GROWTH; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RISK; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CYTOTOXICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032191381     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1998.5114     Document Type: Article

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