Prenatal exposure to non-ionizing radiation: Effects of WiFi signals on pregnancy outcome, peripheral B-cell compartment and antibody production

Radiation Research

Volumn 174, Issue 6 A, 2010, Pages 732-740

  Sambucci, Manolo ^a   Laudisi, Federica ^a   Nasta, Francesca ^a   Pinto, Rosanna ^a   Lodato, Rossella ^a   Altavista, Pierluigi ^a   Lovisolo, Giorgio Alfonso ^a   Marino, Carmela ^a   Pioli, Claudio ^a  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MATING; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPLEEN CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; B-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; FETUS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROWAVES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

MUS;

EID: 78650013541     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR2255.1     Document Type: Article

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