Developmental Toxicity Evaluation of ELF Magnetic Fields in Sprague-Dawley Rats

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 231-240

  Chung, Moon Koo ^a   Kim, Jong Choon ^b   Myung, Sung Ho ^c   Lee, Dong Il ^d  

^a Korea Institute of Toxicology   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI)   (South Korea)

^d Korea Electric Power Research Institute (KEPRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Clinical pathology; Embryo fetal development; In utero; Pregnancy; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; OBSTETRICS; TOXICITY;

BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL PATHOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY; EMBRYO-FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FIELD EXPOSURE; IN UTERO; MAGNETIC-FIELD; PREGNANCY; SPRAGUE-DAWLEY RATS;

RATS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETOTOXICITY; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS MALFORMATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PLACENTA WEIGHT; POLARIZATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EVALUATION; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ABNORMALITIES, RADIATION-INDUCED; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ELECTRIC WIRING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0642279474     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.10114     Document Type: Article

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