Modest increase in temperature affects ODC activity in L929 cells: Low-level radiofrequency radiation does not

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 231-235

  Hoyto A ^a   Sihvonen, A P ^b   Alhonen, L ^a   Juutilainen, J ^a   Naarala, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLASTS; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE (ODC) ACTIVITY; RADIOFREQUENCY (RF) RADIATION; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE (SAR);

ABSORPTION; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; PULSE MODULATION; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOFREQUENCY SPECTROSCOPY; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ENZYME KINETICS;

ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIBROBLAST; FREQUENCY MODULATION; NONHUMAN; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FIBROBLASTS; HEAT; HOT TEMPERATURE; MICE; MICROWAVES; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIO WAVES; TEMPERATURE;

MURINAE;

EID: 33748117553     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00411-006-0053-4     Document Type: Article

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