Ornithine decarboxylase activity in tissues from rats exposed to 60 Hz magnetic fields, including harmonic and transient field characteristics

Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-38

  McDonald, L J ^a   Loberg, L I ^b   McCormick, D L ^b   Gauger, J R ^b   Savage Jr , Russell E ^c   Zhu, H ^c   Lotz, W G ^c   Mandeville, R ^d   Owen, R D ^e   Cress, L W ^e   Desta, A B ^e  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b IIT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^d Biophage Pharma Inc   (Canada)

^e CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

In Vivo; Intermittent Exposures; Multilaboratory Analysis; ODC

Indexed keywords

ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; KIDNEY INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPLEEN INJURY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TISSUE INJURY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037287836     PISSN: 15376516     EISSN: 15376524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15376510309826     Document Type: Article

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