Lack of promotion effects of 50 Hz magnetic fields on 7,12-dimethylbenz(a) anthracene-induced malignant lymphoma/lymphatic leukemia in mice

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-38

  Negishi, Tadashi ^a   Imai, Setsuo ^a   Shibuya, Kazumoto ^b   Nishimura, Izumi ^a   Shigemitsu, Tsukasa ^a  

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

^b NIPPON INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

EMF; Power frequency; Tumor promotion

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAMMALS; ONCOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF DEVIANCE; CIRCULARLY-POLARIZED; EXPOSED TO; FOUR-GROUP; MAGNETIC-FIELD; MALIGNANT LYMPHOMAS; POWER FREQUENCY; PROMOTION EFFECTS; SEXUAL DIFFERENCES; TUMOR PROMOTION;

ANTHRACENE;

7,12 DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER MODEL; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 37849051680     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20358     Document Type: Article

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