Prevention of mobile phone induced skin tissue changes by melatonin in rat: An experimental study

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 133-139

  Ozguner, Fehmi ^a   Aydin, Gulsen ^a   Mollaoglu, Hakan ^a   Gökalp, Osman ^a   Koyu, Ahmet ^a   Cesur, Gokhan ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

histopathologic changes; melatonin; mobile phone; skin

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLLAGEN METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EPIDERMIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PAPILLOMATOSIS; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RAT; SKIN ABSORPTION; SKIN CULTURE; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN GRAFT; STRATUM CORNEUM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CELLULAR PHONE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; MALE; MELATONIN; RADIATION INJURIES, EXPERIMENTAL; RADIO WAVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SKIN;

EID: 18744366968     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0748233704th207oa     Document Type: Article

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