Carcinogenicity study of 217 Hz pulsed 900 MHz electromagnetic fields in Pim1 transgenic mice

Radiation Research

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 316-326

  Oberto, Germano ^a   Rolfo, Katia ^a   Yu, Ping ^a   Carbonatto, Michela ^a   Peano, Sergio ^a   Kuster, Niels ^b   Ebert, Sven ^b   Tofani, Santi ^c,d  

^a Istituto di Ricerche Biomediche Antoine Marxer SpA   (Italy)

^b FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN SOCIETY IT IS   (Switzerland)

^c Servizio di Fisica Sanitaria   (Italy)

^d Ospedale di Ivrea   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE PIM 1; PIM1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOBILE PHONE; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

ANIMALS; CELLULAR PHONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROWAVES; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-PIM-1; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 35348907957     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/rr0425.1     Document Type: Article

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