Possible cocarcinogenic effects of ELF electromagnetic fields may require repeated long-term interaction with known carcinogenic factors

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 122-128

  Juutilainen, Jukka ^a   Lang, Sakari ^a   Rytömaa, Tapio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cancer; ELF; Multistep model of carcinogenesis; Non genotoxic

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMAL STUDIES; CANCER; CARCINOGENESES; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCIES; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GENOTOXIC; MAGNETIC-FIELD; MULTISTEP MODEL OF CARCINOGENESIS; MULTISTEPS; NON-GENOTOXIC;

DISEASES;

CARCINOGEN;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPERIMENTAL NEOPLASM; HUMAN; MUTATION; RADIATION INJURY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED;

EID: 0034133724     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(200002)21:2<122::AID-BEM7>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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