Metamorphosis delay in Xenopus laevis (Daudin) tadpoles exposed to a 50 Hz weak magnetic field

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-46

  Severini, Maurizio ^a   Bosco, Luigi ^a   Alilla, Roberta ^a   Loy, Massimo ^a   Bonori, Maurizio ^b   Giuliani, Livio ^c   Bedini, Angelico ^c   Giliberti, Claudia ^c   Palomba, Raffaele ^c   Pesolillo, Simone ^a   Giacomozzi, Emanuele ^b   Castellano, Agostina Congiu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c ISPESL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Development retardation; Weak ELF magnetic fields; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENT; FEMALE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LARVAL STAGE; LIMB; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATURATION; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TADPOLE; TERATOGENESIS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; LARVA; MAGNETICS; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; SOLENOIDEA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 75149186602     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: 13623095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09553000903137687     Document Type: Article

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