Radiological workers sensitivity to 50 Hz pulsed magnetic fields: Preliminary results

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 275-279

  Zeni, Olga ^a   Bersani, Ferdinando ^b   Scarfi, Maria Rosaria ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSING OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IONIZING RADIATION; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARAMETER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL DETECTION; TECHNIQUE; WORKER;

EID: 0042230903     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00411-002-0170-7     Document Type: Article

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