Effects of GSM-modulated radiofrequency electromagnetic fields on mouse bone marrow cells

Radiation Research

Volumn 170, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 803-810

  Prisco, Maria Grazia ^a   Nasta, Francesca ^a   Rosado, Maria Manuela ^b   Lovisolo, Giorgio Alfonso ^a   Marino, Carmela ^a   Pioli, Claudio ^a  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; MITOGENIC AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW CELL; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOBILE PHONE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; X IRRADIATION;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BONE MARROW CELLS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; MICE; RADIO WAVES; SPLEEN; SURVIVAL RATE; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

MUS;

EID: 57149118267     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR1213.1     Document Type: Article

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