Effects of 60 Hz extremely low frequency magnetic fields (EMF) on radiation- and chemical-induced mutagenesis in mammalian cells

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1221-1226

  Ansari, Raheel M ^a   Hei, Tom K ^a  

^a Coll Phys Surgs of Columbia Univ ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLNITRONITROSOGUANIDINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYBRID CELL; MAMMAL CELL; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034044243     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/21.6.1221     Document Type: Article

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