Developmental Changes in Drosophila melanogaster Following Exposure to Alternating Electromagnetic Fields

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 416-420

  Mirabolghasemi, Ghadire ^a,b   Azarnia, Mahnaz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b KHARAZMI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Developmental changes; Drosophila melanogaster; ELF; EM field

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

ALTERNATING ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGES; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DROSOPHILLA MELANOGASTER; ELF; EM FIELD; EXPOSED TO; LARVAL STAGE; MELANOGASTERS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

ABDOMEN; ALTERNATING ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FEMALE; FLY; GENDER; HEAD; LARVAL STAGE; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX; ANIMAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DNA REPAIR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

ABNORMALITIES; ANIMALS; DNA REPAIR; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LARVA; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036725262     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.10042     Document Type: Article

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