In vitro and in vivo genotoxicity of radiofrequency fields

Mutation Research - Reviews in Mutation Research

Volumn 705, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 252-268

  Verschaeve, L ^a   Juutilainen, J ^b   Lagroye, I ^c   Miyakoshi, J ^d   Saunders, R ^e   de Seze, R ^f   Tenforde, T ^g   van Rongen, E ^h   Veyret, B ^c   Xu, Z ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^f INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

^g NATIONAL COUNCIL ON RADIATION PROTECTION AND MEASUREMENTS   (United States)

^h Health Council of the Netherlands   (Netherlands)

ⁱ ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Combined effects; Comet assay; Cytogenetics; DNA; Mobile phone; Radiofrequency radiation

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H2AX;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COMET ASSAY; CYTOGENETICS; DNA DAMAGE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEUKOCYTE; MOBILE PHONE; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELLULAR PHONE; COMET ASSAY; CYTOGENETICS; DNA; HISTONES; HUMANS; MICE; MUTAGENS; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLANTS; RADIO WAVES; RATS;

EID: 78649322467     PISSN: 13835742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2010.10.001     Document Type: Review

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