Thermal thresholds for teratogenicity, reproduction, and development

International Journal of Hyperthermia

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 374-387

  Ziskin, Marvin C ^a   Morrissey, Joseph ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

human; hyperthermia; radiofrequency; SAR; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BLOOD VOLUME; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL STRESS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS (ANATOMY); FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN EMBRYO; MOBILE PHONE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL STRESS; PLACENTA PERFUSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SAFETY; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TEMPERATURE STRESS; TERATOGENICITY; THERMOREGULATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SHEEP; SWINE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 79956226358     PISSN: 02656736     EISSN: 14645157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02656736.2011.553769     Document Type: Article

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