Cytogenetic investigation of subjects professionally exposed to radiofrequency radiation

Mutagenesis

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 139-142

  Maes, Annemarie ^a   Van Gorp, Urbain ^a   Verschaeve, Luc ^a  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMATID EXCHANGE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

ADULT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; COMET ASSAY; CYTOGENETICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; MUTAGENS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIO WAVES; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; SMOKING;

EID: 33645858532     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: 14643804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/gel008     Document Type: Article

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