Neurobiological effects of microwave exposure: A review focused on morphological findings in experimental animals

Archives Italiennes de Biologie

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-12

  Orendáčová, Judita ^a   Orendac M ^b   Racekova E ^a   Marsala J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF KO ICE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENERGY RESOURCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; NERVOUS TISSUE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CELLULAR PHONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MICROWAVES; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33845440723     PISSN: 00039829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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