Effects of microwaves from GSM mobile phones on the blood-brain barrier and neurons in rat brain

PIERS 2005 - Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 638-641

  Persson, Bertil R R ^a   Eberhardt, Jacob ^a   Malmgren, Lars ^a   Persson, Mikael B ^a   Brun, Arne ^a   Salford, Leif G ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MICROCIRCULATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEURONS; RATS;

BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CRESYL VIOLET; DOSE RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; POST-EXPOSURE; PULSE MODULATED; RECOVERY PERIODS; THERMAL POWER LEVELS; WINDOWING EFFECTS;

GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 45749090289     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2529/piers041212170215     Document Type: Conference Paper

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