GSM base station electromagnetic radiation and oxidative stress in rats

Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 177-188

  Yurekli, Ali ^a   Ozkan, Mehmed ^b   Kalkan, Tunaya ^c   Saybasili, Hale ^b   Tuncel, Handan ^c   Atukeren, Pinar ^c   Gumustas, Koray ^c   Seker, Selim ^b  

^a SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF TURKEY   (Turkey)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Base transceiver station; Electromagnetic field; GTEM; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; RADIO STATIONS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

BASE TRANSCEIVER STATION (BTS); GIGAHERTZ TRANSVERSE ELECTROMAGNETIC (GTEM) CELLS; OXIDATIVE STRESSES; POWER DENSITY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOBILE PHONE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RAT; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; WHOLE BODY RADIATION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BODY BURDEN; CELLULAR PHONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MALE; MICROWAVES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 33748569817     PISSN: 15368378     EISSN: 15368386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15368370600875042     Document Type: Article

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