Exposure to an 890-MHz mobile phone-like signal and serum levels of S100B and transthyretin in volunteers

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-66

  Söderqvist, Fredrik ^a,b   Carlberg, Michael ^a   Hansson Mild, Kjell ^c   Hardell, Lennart ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Blood brain barrier; Blood cerebrospinal fluid barrier; Microwaves; Mobile phone; Provocation study

Indexed keywords

PREALBUMIN; PROTEIN S100B;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD CEREBROSPINAL FLUID BARRIER; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOBILE PHONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CELLULAR PHONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROWAVES; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; PREALBUMIN; S100 PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349119536     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2009.04.027     Document Type: Article

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