Effects of GSM-modulated radiofrequency electromagnetic fields on B-cell peripheral differentiation and antibody production

Radiation Research

Volumn 165, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 664-670

  Nasta, Francesca ^a   Prisco, Maria Grazia ^a   Pinto, Rosanna ^a   Lovisolo, Giorgio Alfonso ^a   Marino, Carmela ^a   Pioli, Claudio ^a,b  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b Natl Agy New Technol Ener E   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOBILE PHONE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CELLULAR PHONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROWAVES; RADIATION DOSAGE; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 33744820836     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR3555.1     Document Type: Article

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