DNA damage, cell kinetics and ODC activities studied in CBA mice exposed to electromagnetic fields generated by transmission lines

In Vivo

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 507-513

  Svedenstål, Britt Marie ^a   Johanson, Karl Johan ^a   Mattsson, Mats Olof ^b   Paulsson, Lars Erik ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Swedish Radiation Protection Authority   (Sweden)

Author keywords

50 Hz; Body weight; Brain cells; Comet assay; DNA damage; Erythrocyte; Leukocyte; Small rodent

Indexed keywords

ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL KINETICS; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; GENOTOXICITY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

EID: 0033510491     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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