Reduction of the earth's magnetic field inhibits growth rates of model cancer cell lines

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 649-655

  Martino, Carlos F ^a   Portelli, Lucas ^a   McCabe, Kevin ^a   Hernandez, Mark ^a   Barnes, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer cell; Growth rates; Low level fields; Weak static fields

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CELL DEATH; DISEASES; HUMIDITY CONTROL; MAGNETIC FIELDS; REACTION RATES;

% REDUCTIONS; CANCER CELL LINES; CANCER CELLS; CELL CYCLE; CHEMICAL REACTION RATES; EARTH MAGNETIC FIELDS; LOW-LEVEL FIELD; STATIC FIELDS; STATIC MAGNETIC FIELDS; WEAK STATIC FIELD;

CELL CULTURE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; MAGNETISM; TIME; TUMOR CELL LINE;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; EARTH (PLANET); HUMANS; MAGNETICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78349282246     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20606     Document Type: Article

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