Reactive oxygen species formation is not enhanced by exposure to UMTS1950 MHz radiation and co-exposure to ferrous ions in Jurkat cells

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 525-535

  Brescia, Francesca ^a,b   Sarti, Maurizio ^a,b   Massa, Rita ^a,c   Calabrese, Maria L ^a,c   Sannino, Anna ^a,b   Scarfì, Maria Rosaria ^a,b  

^a Interuniversity Center on Interaction between Electromagnetic Fields and Biosystems (ICEmB)   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Combined exposures; Lymphoblastoid cells; Oxidative stress; Radiofrequency; UMTS

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; MAMMALS; OXYGEN; RADIO; UNIVERSAL MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM; WAVEGUIDES;

CELL VIABILITY; COMBINED EXPOSURE; EXPOSED TO; FERROUS ION; JURKAT CELL; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELLS; RADIO FREQUENCY RADIATION; RADIOFREQUENCIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; UNIVERSAL MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

FERROUS ION; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; TELECOMMUNICATION; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

MAMMALIA;

CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR PHONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; JURKAT CELLS; MICROWAVES; RADIATION DOSAGE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 70249120333     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20502     Document Type: Article

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