The lack of histological changes of CDMA cellular phone-based radio frequency on rat testis

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 528-534

  Lee, Hae June ^a   Pack, Jeong Ki ^b   Kim, Tae Hong ^b   Kim, Nam ^c   Choi, Soo Yong ^a   Lee, Jae Seon ^a   Kim, Sung Ho ^d   Lee, Yun Sil ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Radiation and Medical Science   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^c Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

^d Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

848.5 MHz; Rat spermatogenesis; RF exposure

Indexed keywords

CELLS;

848.5 MHZ; CELLULAR PHONE; HISTOLOGICAL CHANGES; MALE RATS; PHONE-BASED; RADIO FREQUENCY FIELDS; RADIO-FREQUENCY EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCIES; RAT SPERMATOGENESIS; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE;

RATS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

MALONALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOBILE PHONE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RAT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CELLULAR PHONE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; ORGAN SIZE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIO WAVES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 77956937237     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20589     Document Type: Article

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