Age-related effects on induction of DNA strand breaks by intermittent exposure to electromagnetic fields

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 124, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 847-850

  Ivancsits, Sabine ^a   Diem, Elisabeth ^a   Jahn, Oswald ^a   Rüdiger, Hugo W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ageing; Comet assay; ELF EMF exposure; Fibroblasts

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0142059569     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(03)00125-8     Document Type: Article

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