Nerve cell damage in mammalian brain after exposure to microwaves from GSM mobile phones

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 881-883

  Salford, Leif G ^a   Brun, Arne E ^a   Eberhardt, Jacob L ^a   Malmgren, Lars ^a   Persson, Bertil R R ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Central nervous system; Microwaves; Mobile phones; Neuronal damage; Rats

Indexed keywords

SERUM ALBUMIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NERVE CELL LESION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TELEPHONE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037745557     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.6039     Document Type: Article

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