Do naturally occurring magnetic nanoparticles in the human body mediate increased risk of childhood leukaemia with EMF exposure?

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 569-579

  Binhi, Vladimir ^a  

^a PROKHOROV GENERAL PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cancer risk factor; Hematopoietic stem cell; Leukemia; Magnetic nanoparticle; Magnetosome; Radical pair mechanism; Singlet triplet conversion; Static magnetic field; Superparamagnetic particle

Indexed keywords

DNA; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; DNA DAMAGE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICAL REACTION; STEM CELL;

CHILD; DNA DAMAGE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FREE RADICALS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, RADIATION-INDUCED; MAGNETICS; NANOPARTICLES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 48249149940     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: 13623095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09553000802195323     Document Type: Article

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