Pituitary toxicity but lack of rat colon carcinogenicity of a DC-magnetic field in a medium-term bioassay

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 131-140

  Salim, Elsayed I ^a   Omar, Khalid M ^a   Abou Hattab, Hassan A ^a   Abou Zaid, Fouad ^a  

^a Tanta University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

ACF; DC magnetic field; DNA ploidy; Pituitary gland; Rat colon carcinogenesis; TEM

Indexed keywords

EID: 58349093405     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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