Chronic exposure to a 1.439 GHz electromagnetic field used for cellular phones does not promote N-ethylnitrosourea induced central nervous system tumors in F344 rats

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-68

  Shirai, Tomoyuki ^a   Kawabe, Mayumi ^b   Ichihara, Toshio ^b   Fujiwara, Osamu ^c   Taki, Masao ^d   Watanabe, So Ichi ^e   Wake, Kanako ^e   Yamanaka, Yukio ^e   Imaida, Katsumi ^f   Asamoto, Makoto ^a   Tamano, Seiko ^b  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Daiyukai Research Institute for Medical Science   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^f KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Electromagnetic field; N ethylnitrosourea; Time division multiple access

Indexed keywords

AMINES; CELLULAR TELEPHONES; FOOD SUPPLY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; RATS; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; TUMORS;

CELLULAR PHONE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; CHRONIC EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE LEVEL; N-ETHYLNITROSOUREA; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; TIME-DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; TUMOR DEVELOPMENT; TUMORIGENESIS; UNTREATED CONTROL;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

ETHYLNITROSOUREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER INCIDENCE; CARCINOGENESIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MOBILE PHONE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 19944426047     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20079     Document Type: Article

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