Mobile Phone Exposure Does Not Induce Apoptosis on Spermatogenesis in Rats

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-44

  Dasdag, Suleyman ^a   Akdag, M Zulkuf ^a   Ulukaya, Engin ^b   Uzunlar, Ali Kemal ^a   Yegin, Dilek ^b  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspase 3; Cellular phone; Mobile phone; Seminiferous tubules; Testes

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SCORING SYSTEM; SPERMATOGENESIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELLULAR PHONE; MALE; MICROWAVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 36549042004     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2007.06.013     Document Type: Article

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