Mammary tumours in Sprague-Dawley rats after initiation with DMBA followed by exposure to 50 Hz electromagnetic fields in a promotional scheme

Cancer Letters

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 107-111

  Ekström, Tomas ^a   Hansson Mild, Kjell ^a   Holmberg, Bo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

50 Hz magnetic fields; DMBA; Mammary tumours; Promotion

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TUMOR PROMOTION; TUMOR VOLUME;

9,10-DIMETHYL-1,2-BENZANTHRACENE; ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032536149     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(97)00422-9     Document Type: Article

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