Bioeffects of mobile telephony radiation in relation to its intensity or distance from the antenna

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 345-357

  Panagopoulos, Dimitris J ^a   Chavdoula, Evangelia D ^a   Margaritis, Lukas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bioactivity windows; Cell death; DCS; Distances; Electromagnetic fields; GSM; Intensity; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GONAD; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; CELLULAR PHONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GONADS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; RADIO WAVES; REPRODUCTION;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77951291534     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: 13623095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09553000903567961     Document Type: Article

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