Spontaneous and nitrosourea-induced primary tumors of the central nervous system in Fischer 344 rats chronically exposed to 836 MHz modulated microwaves

Radiation Research

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 293-302

  Adey, W R ^a   Byus, C V ^a   Cain, C D ^a   Higgins, R J ^b   Jones, R A ^c   Kean, C J ^c   Kuster, N ^d   MacMurray, A ^c   Stagg, R B ^c   Zimmerman, G ^e   Phillips, J L ^c   Haggren, W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Jerry L Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center   (United States)

^d SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^e LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLNITROSOUREA;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0032865572     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3580329     Document Type: Article

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