DEXA analysis on the bones of rats exposed in utero and neonatally to static and 50 Hz electric fields

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 589-592

  Okudan, Berna ^a   Keskin, Ali Ümit ^b   Aydin, Mustafa Asim ^a   Cesur, Gökhan ^a   Çömlekçi, Selçuk ^a   Süslü, Harun ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; DEXA analysis; ELF; Intrauterine exposure; Rat bones; Static electric field

Indexed keywords

BONE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MINERALS;

BONE MINERAL CONTENT; BONE MINERAL DENSITY; CONTROL GROUPS; DUAL ENERGY X-RAY ABSORBTION ANALYSE; DUAL-ENERGY X-RAY; ELF; FIELD GROUPS; INTRAUTERINE EXPOSURE; RAT BONE; STATIC ELECTRIC FIELDS;

RATS;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE MINERAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; FEMUR; HEALTH HAZARD; LUMBAR SPINE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33749352080     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20237     Document Type: Article

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