Elevated sister chromatid exchange frequencies in dividing human peripheral blood lymphocytes exposed to 50 Hz magnetic fields

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 281-288

  Wahab, M A ^a   Podd, J V ^a   Rapley, B I ^b   Rowland, R E ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Atkinson and Rapley Consulting   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chromosome; DNA crosslinking; ELF EMF; Human peripheral blood lymphocytes; SCE; Sine and square waveform

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CHROMOSOMES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

DNA-CROSSLINKING; EXCHANGE FREQUENCY; EXPOSED TO; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMAN PERIPHERAL BLOOD; HUMAN PERIPHERAL BLOOD LYMPHOCYTE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD LYMPHOCYTES; SINE WAVEFORMS; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; SQUARE WAVEFORM;

LYMPHOCYTES;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CROSS LINKING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 34249027271     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20289     Document Type: Article

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