Effects of mobile phone electromagnetic fields at nonthermal SAR values on melatonin and body weight of Djungarian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus)

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 267-272

  Lerchl, Alexander ^a,b   Krüger, Heike ^b   Niehaus, Michael ^b   Streckert, Joachim R ^c   Bitz, Andreas K ^c   Hansen, Volkert ^c  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body weight; Electromagnetic field; Hamster; Melatonin; Metabolism; Mobile phones

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE METABOLISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHODOPUS; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CELLULAR PHONE; CRICETINAE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MALE; MELATONIN; ORGAN SIZE; PHODOPUS; PINEAL GLAND;

EID: 40849119957     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: 1600079X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.2007.00522.x     Document Type: Article

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