Radiofrequency Exposure and Mammalian Cell Toxicity, Genotoxicity, and Transformation

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL. 6, 2003, Pages

  Meltz, Martin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell death; Chromosome damage; DNA damage and repair; Microwaves; Mutation; Transformation

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOMES; DNA; MAMMALS; REPAIR; TOXICITY;

CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; DNA DAMAGE AND REPAIR; EXCISION REPAIR; GENOTOXICITIES; MAMMALIAN CELL TOXICITY; MUTATION; RADIO FREQUENCY FIELDS; RADIO-FREQUENCY EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY FIELD EXPOSURES; TRANSFORMATION;

CELL DEATH;

THYMIDINE; TUMOR PROMOTER; DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CELL DEATH; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELL VIABILITY; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; EXCISION REPAIR; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GENOTOXICITY; HEALTH HAZARD; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SAFETY; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; APOPTOSIS; CELL FUNCTION; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRECANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE; REVIEW;

MAMMALIA;

APOPTOSIS; CELL PHYSIOLOGY; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOMES; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MICROWAVES; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIO WAVES;

EID: 1242314095     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.10176     Document Type: Conference Paper

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