Survival and Cancer in Laboratory Mammals Exposed to Radiofrequency Energy

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL. 6, 2003, Pages

  Elder, Joe A ^a  

^a MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Long term studies; Mice; Microwave; Mobile phone; Rats

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; POPULATION STATISTICS; RATS;

ANIMAL POPULATIONS; BRAIN CANCER; EXPOSED TO; LIFESPANS; LONG TERM STUDY; LOW-LEVEL EXPOSURE; MOUSE; RADIO-FREQUENCY ENERGY; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; SURVIVAL DATA;

CELLULAR TELEPHONES;

BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENERGY ABSORPTION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MOBILE PHONE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RAT; SAFETY; SURVIVAL; THERMAL ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LONGEVITY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; RADIATION INJURY; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CELLULAR PHONE; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LONGEVITY; MAMMALS; MICROWAVES; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIO WAVES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 2442471966     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.10175     Document Type: Conference Paper

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