The design, construction and calibration of a carefully controlled source for exposure of mammalian cells to extremely low-frequency electromagnetic fields

Journal of Radiological Protection

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 231-242

  Wolff, Heinz ^a   Gamble, Simon ^a   Barkley, Tristan ^a   Janaway, Lee ^a   Jowett, Felicity ^a   Halls, Justin A T ^a   Arrand, Janet E ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; CALIBRATION; CANCER RISK; CELL CULTURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EQUIPMENT; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEALTH PHYSICS; HUMANS; MAMMALS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIATION DOSAGE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032871573     PISSN: 09524746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0952-4746/19/3/301     Document Type: Review

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