Is there any possible genotoxic effect in exfoliated bladder cells of rat under the exposure of 1800MHz GSM-like modulated radio frequency radiation (RFR)?

Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 98-104

  Gurbuz, Neslihan ^a   Sirav, Bahriye ^a   Yuvaci, Hilal Uslu ^b   Turhan, Nilgun ^b   Coskun, Zafer Kutay ^a   Seyhan, Nesrin ^a,c  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FATIH UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Gazi Non Ionizing Radiation Protection Center GNRP   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Micronucleus; Radio frequency radiation; Rats

Indexed keywords

1.8 GHZ; ANTINEOPLASTIC DRUGS; AROMATIC AMINES; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; CONTROL GROUPS; DAMAGED CELLS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EXPOSURE PERIOD; FEMALE WISTAR RATS; GENERAL PUBLICS; GENOTOXIC DAMAGE; GENOTOXIC EFFECTS; KINETIC STUDY; MICRONUCLEUS; MICRONUCLEUS ANALYSIS; MUTAGENIC CHEMICALS; RADIO FREQUENCY RADIATION; RESEARCH DATA; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

AMINES; ANIMALS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTRON OPTICS; HEALTH RISKS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RADIO WAVES; RAT CONTROL; RATS;

RADIO;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; RADIO WAVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 77955673894     PISSN: 15368378     EISSN: 15368386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15368378.2010.482498     Document Type: Article

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