Derangement of chick embryo retinal differentiation caused by radiofrequency electromagnetic fields

Congenital Anomalies

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-19

  Zareen, Nusrat ^a,c   Khan, Muhammad Yunus ^c   Minhas, Liaqat Ali ^b,c  

^a Islamabad Medical and Dental College   (Pakistan)

^b ARMY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^c Regional Centre   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Chick embryo; Growth retardation; Mobile phone; Retinal pigment epithelium

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EMBRYO; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; STUDENT T TEST;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR PHONE; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; RADIO WAVES; RETINA;

EID: 60349087641     PISSN: 09143505     EISSN: 17414520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-4520.2008.00214.x     Document Type: Article

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