Gene and protein expression following exposure to radiofrequency fields from mobile phones

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1131-1135

  Vanderstraeten, Jacques ^a,c   Verschaeve, Luc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^c NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Genomics; Microwaves; Mobile phones; Protein expression; Proteomics; Radiofrequency fields

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL STRESS; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOBILE PHONE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEOMICS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

ANIMALS; CELLULAR PHONE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; PROTEINS; RADIO WAVES; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 54149098580     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.11279     Document Type: Article

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