Cytogenetic effects of exposure to 2.3 GHz radiofrequency radiation on human lymphocytes in vitro

Anticancer Research

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 4323-4330

  Hansteen, Inger Lise ^a   Clausen, Kjell O ^a   Haugan, Vera ^a   Svendsen, Marit ^a   Svendsen, Martin V ^b   Eriksen, Jan G ^c   Skiaker, Rolf ^c   Hauger, Egil ^c   Lågeide, Lars ^a,d,f   Vistnes, Arnt I ^e   Kure, Elin H ^a,d  

^a Department of Laboratory Medicine   (Norway)

^b TELEMARK HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c TELENOR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chromosomal aberrations; Continuous waves; Promotion; Pulsed waves; Radio frequency

Indexed keywords

CLASTOGEN; DNA; MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA SYNTHESIS; DNA SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; CELLS, CULTURED; CELLULAR PHONE; CYTOGENETICS; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 75149170134     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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