Intermediate frequency magnetic fields do not have mutagenic, co-mutagenic or gene conversion potentials in microbial genotoxicity tests

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 649, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 187-200

  Nakasono, Satoshi ^a   Ikehata, Masateru ^b   Dateki, Minori ^a   Yoshie, Sachiko ^b   Shigemitsu, Tsukasa ^a   Negishi, Tadashi ^a  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

^b RAILWAY TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Co mutagenesis; Gene conversion; Genotoxicity; Intermediate frequency; Magnetic fields; Mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHEMICAL MUTAGENESIS; DNA DAMAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONVERSION; GENOTOXICITY; IRRADIATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MUTAGEN TESTING; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; YEAST;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONVERSION; MAGNETICS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTATION; POINT MUTATION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; YEASTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 36849020477     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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