A magnetic field exposure facility for evaluation of animal carcinogenicity

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 432-438

  Maruvada, P S ^a   Harvey, S M ^b   Jutras, P ^a   Goulet, Daniel ^c   Mandeville, R ^d  

^a PSM Consulting   (Canada)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c HYDRO QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^d Biophage Pharma Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

60Hz; Animal carcinogenicity; Laboratory study; Magnetic fields

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SOFTWARE TESTING;

60HZ; ANIMAL CARCINOGENICITY; ANIMAL STUDIES; CANCER DEVELOPMENT; CHRONIC EXPOSURE; FIELD EXPOSURE; LABORATORY STUDIES; LINEARLY POLARIZED; MAGNETIC-FIELD; SINUSOIDAL MAGNETIC FIELDS;

ANIMALS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPERIMENTAL NEOPLASM; FEMALE; FISCHER 344 RAT; MAGNETISM; MICROCLIMATE; QUALITY CONTROL; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANIMALS; CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MAGNETICS; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0034264549     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-186X(200009)21:6<432::AID-BEM3>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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