Lack of a co-promotion effect of 60 Hz rotating magnetic fields on N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea induced neurogenic tumors in F344 rats

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 539-548

  Chung, Moon Koo ^a   Kim, Yong Bum ^a   Ha, Chang Su ^a   Myung, Sung Ho ^b  

^a Korea Institute of Toxicology   (South Korea)

^b Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

ENU model; Female F344 rats; Magnetic fields; Neurogenic tumors; Tumor co promotion

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; TUMORS;

BRAIN TUMORS; CONTROL GROUPS; ETHYLNITROSOUREA-MODEL; FEMALE F344 RAT; GROUP III; MAGNETIC-FIELD; NEUROGENIC TUMORS; PROMOTION EFFECTS; TUMOR CO-PROMOTION; VEHICLE CONTROL;

RATS;

ETHYLNITROSOUREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER MODEL; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MENINGIOMA; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 53049107798     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20422     Document Type: Article

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