Effects of high frequency electromagnetic fields on micronucleus formation in CHO-K1 cells

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 541, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 81-89

  Koyama, Shin ^a,b   Nakahara, Takehisa ^a   Wake, Kanako ^c   Taki, Masao ^d   Isozumi, Yasuhito ^b   Miyakoshi, Junji ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bleomycin; High frequency electromagnetic fields (HFEMFs); Micronucleus (MN); Specific absorption rate (SAR)

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CHO CELL; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENERGY ABSORPTION; HEAT TREATMENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INCUBATION TIME; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MICRONUCLEUS; MITOSIS RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ANIMAL; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG EFFECT; HAMSTER; HEAT; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS GRISEUS;

ANIMALS; BLEOMYCIN; CELL SURVIVAL; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; DNA DAMAGE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HEAT; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE;

EID: 0642306218     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2003.07.009     Document Type: Article

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