Effects of exposure of newborn Patched1 heterozygous mice to GSM, 900 MHz

Radiation Research

Volumn 168, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 733-740

  Saran, A ^a   Pazzaglia, S ^a   Mancuso, M ^a   Rebessi, S ^a   Di Majo, V ^a   Tanori, M ^a   Lovisolo, G A ^a   Pinto, R ^a   Marino, C ^a  

^a ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN PATCHED 1; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; PATCHED RECEPTORS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIFESPAN; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SURVIVAL; ANIMAL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PRECANCER; SKIN TUMOR; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HETEROZYGOTE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEOPLASMS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RADIO WAVES; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 38849092684     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR1065R1.1     Document Type: Article

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