Elf-electromagnetic fields inhibit the proliferation of human cancer cells and induce apoptosis

Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 243-248

  Pang, Lijun ^a   Traitcheva, Nelly ^b   Gothe, Gislinde ^c   Camacho Gomez, Juan A ^c   Berg, Hermann ^d  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

^c IMB Jena   (Germany)

^d Saxonian Academy of Sciences   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis induction; Electromagnetic induction; ELF MF effects; Flow cytometry; K 562 cells; Proliferation inhibition; Solenoid field

Indexed keywords

SOLENOIDEA;

EID: 0036913920     PISSN: 15368378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JBC-120015995     Document Type: Article

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