DNA damage in human leukocytes after acute in vitro exposure to a 1.9 GHz pulse-modulated radiofrequency field

Radiation Research

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 534-537

  McNamee, J P ^a   Bellier, P V ^a   Gajda, G B ^a   Lavallee B F ^a   Lemay, E P ^a   Marro, L ^a   Thansandote, A ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION;

EID: 0036789659     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/0033-7587(2002)158[0534:DDIHLA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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