Are environmental electromagnetic fields genotoxic?

DNA Repair

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1385-1387

  Crumpton, Michael J ^a   Collins, Andrew R ^b  

^a Scientific Advisory Committee   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

CANCER RISK; CELL CULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA DAMAGE; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FIBROBLAST; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS;

EID: 4444381169     PISSN: 15687864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2004.05.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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