Effects of In Vivo Exposure to GSM-Modulated 900 MHz Radiation on Mouse Peripheral Lymphocytes

Radiation Research

Volumn 160, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 600-605

  Gatta, Lucia ^a   Pinto, Rosanna ^a   Ubaldi, Vanessa ^a   Pace, Luigia ^a   Galloni, Paolo ^a   Lovisolo, Giorgio Alfonso ^a   Marino, Carmela ^a   Pioli, Claudio ^a,b  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CELLULAR PHONE; CYTOKINES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; LYMPHOCYTES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROWAVES; SPLEEN; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 0347596689     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR3078     Document Type: Article

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