Comparison of bioactivity between GSM 900 MHz and DCS 1800 MHz mobile telephony radiation

Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-44

  Panagopoulos, Dimitris J ^a,b   Chavdoula, Evangelia D ^a   Karabarbounis, Andreas ^a   Margaritis, Lukas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Faculty of Sciences   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biological effects; DCS radiation; Drosophila; Electromagnetic fields; GSM; Reproductive capacity; RF

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; TELEPHONE;

CARRIER FREQUENCY; DIGITAL CELLULAR SYSTEM (DCS); DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FREQUENCY SPECTRA; MOBILE TELEPHONY RADIATION;

BIOACTIVITY;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HUMAN; MOBILE PHONE; RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELLULAR PHONE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HUMANS; RADIATION; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIO WAVES; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 34247376868     PISSN: 15368378     EISSN: 15368386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15368370701205644     Document Type: Article

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