Effect of 900 MHz electromagnetic fields on nonthermal induction of heat-shock proteins in human leukocytes

Radiation Research

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-52

  Lim, Hooi B ^a   Cook, Greg G ^b   Barker, Anthony T ^c   Coulton, Les A ^b,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 27; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BLOOD; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEAT STRESS; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCUBATOR; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; MONOCYTE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CELLS, CULTURED; CELLULAR PHONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HEAT; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MICROWAVES; RADIATION DOSAGE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 11144261743     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR3264     Document Type: Article

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