Electromagnetic fields: Mechanism, cell signaling, other bioprocesses, toxicity, radicals, antioxidants and beneficial effects

Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 214-226

  Kovacic, Peter ^a   Somanathan, Ratnasamy ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TIJUANA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antioxidants (AOs); Cell phones; Electromagnetic fields (EMFs); Electron transfer (ET); Oxidative stress (OS); Reactive oxygen species (ROS)

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; RADICAL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

BIOPROCESS; BONE REMODELING; CELL MEMBRANE; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FRACTURE; HEALING; HUMAN; MAGNETISM; MOBILE PHONE; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARKINSON DISEASE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CELLULAR PHONE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77954472068     PISSN: 10799893     EISSN: 15324281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10799893.2010.488650     Document Type: Review

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