Micronucleus frequency in buccal mucosa cells of mobile phone users

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 124-130

  Hintzsche, Henning ^a   Stopper, Helga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Buccal micronucleus test; EMF; Genotoxicity; Mobile phone radiation

Indexed keywords

CHROMOMYCIN A3;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; CELL COUNT; CELL ISOLATION; CHEEK MUCOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FEMALE; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MOBILE PHONE; MOUTH CAVITY; MUCOSA CELL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SMOKING HABIT; STAINING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CELLULAR PHONE; COHORT STUDIES; DNA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; RADIATION DOSAGE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 75749132722     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2009.12.016     Document Type: Article

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