No induction of chromosome aberrations in human spermatozoa exposed to extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 414, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 31-35

  Tateno, Hiroyuki ^a   Iijima, Sumio ^b   Nakanishi, Yoshifumi ^c   Kamiguchi, Yujiroh ^a   Asaka, Akio ^b  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^c NATL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromosome aberration; Electromagnetic field; Human spermatozoon

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENOTOXICITY; HAMSTER; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CRICETINAE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FREEZING; HUMANS; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 17544397558     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5718(98)00036-9     Document Type: Article

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