Cytogenetic effects of 18.0 and 16.5 GHz microwave radiation on human lymphocytes in vitro

Anticancer Research

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2885-2892

  Hansteen, Inger Lise ^a   Lågeide, Lars ^a,b,f   Clausen, Kjell Oskar ^a   Haugan, Vera ^a   Svendsen, Marit ^a   Eriksen, Jan Gunnar ^c   Skiaker, Rolf ^c   Hauger, Egil ^c   Vistnes, Arnt Inge ^d   Kure, Elin H ^a,b,e  

^a TELEMARK HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^c TELENOR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chromosomal aberrations; Continuous wave; Microwave radiation; Promotion; Pulsed wave; Radio frequency

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHROMATID ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA REPAIR; DNA SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SMOKING;

ADULT; ALKYLATING AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELLS, CULTURED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICROWAVES; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN;

EID: 68549090713     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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