Cranial and postcranial skeletal variations induced in mouse embryos by mobile phone radiation

Pathophysiology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 169-177

  Fragopoulou, Adamantia F ^a   Koussoulakos, Stauros L ^a   Margaritis, Lukas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Cranium; GSM; Ossification; Rib

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MALFORMATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HISTOLOGY; MOBILE PHONE; MOUSE; NEWBORN SCREENING; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RIB MALFORMATION; SKULL MALFORMATION; STAINING; TOOTH ERUPTION;

EID: 77952675783     PISSN: 09284680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pathophys.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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