Absence of nonlinear responses in cells and tissues exposed to RF energy at mobile phone frequencies using a doubly resonant cavity

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 556-565

  Kowalczuk, Christine ^a   Yarwood, Gemma ^a   Blackwell, Roger ^a   Priestner, Marisa ^a   Sienkiewicz, Zenon ^a   Bouffler, Simon ^a   Ahmed, Iftekhar ^b   Abd Alhameed, Raed ^b   Excell, Peter ^c   Hodzic, Vildana ^d   Davis, Christopher ^d   Gammon, Robert ^d   Balzano, Quirino ^d  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c GLYNDWR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Demodulation; Interaction mechanisms; Non thermal effects

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CELLS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HARMONIC GENERATION; HISTOLOGY; LOW PASS FILTERS; MAMMALS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; SIGNAL DETECTION; TISSUE;

BASEBAND SIGNALS; BIOLOGICAL PREPARATION; CELL SUSPENSION; EXPOSED TO; INTERACTION MECHANISMS; LIVING TISSUES; NON THERMAL EFFECT; NON-LINEAR RESPONSE; RADIO-FREQUENCY ENERGY; RADIOFREQUENCIES;

DEMODULATION;

CRICETULUS GRISEUS; MURINAE;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HAMSTER; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; MOUSE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; TISSUE SURVIVAL; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR PHONE; CRICETINAE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RADIO WAVES; TISSUE SURVIVAL;

EID: 77956916096     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20597     Document Type: Article

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