Evaluation of rat thyroid gland morphophysiological status after three months exposure to 50 Hz electromagnetic field

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 223-231

  Rajkovic, Vesnar ^a   Matavulj, M ^a   Gledic, D ^b   Lazetic, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic field; Rat; Recovery; Stereology; Thyroid gland

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; COLLOID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EXPOSURE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STEREOLOGY; THYROID CELL; THYROID FOLLICLE; THYROID GLAND;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0038718471     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-8166(03)00029-6     Document Type: Article

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