GSM and DCS wireless communication signals: Combined chronic toxicity/carcinogenicity study in the wistar rat

Radiation Research

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 480-492

  Smith, Paul ^a,d   Kuster, Niels ^b   Ebert, Sven ^b   Chevalier, Hans Jörg ^c  

^a RCC Ltd   (Switzerland)

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

^c EPS   (Switzerland)

^d Department of Genetic and Molecular Toxicology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CARCINOGENICITY; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RAT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; WHOLE BODY RADIATION; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION; WISTAR RAT; ANIMAL; EATING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EXPERIMENTAL NEOPLASM; ORGAN SIZE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RADIOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

ANIMALS; CELLULAR PHONE; EATING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; MALE; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; ORGAN SIZE; RADIO WAVES; RADIOMETRY; RATS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 35549013180     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR0680.1     Document Type: Article

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