Genotoxic effects of 3T magnetic resonance imaging in cultured human lymphocytes

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 535-542

  Lee, Joong Won ^a   Kim, Myeong Seong ^b   Kim, Yang Jee ^a   Choi, Young Joo ^a   Lee, Younghyun ^a   Chung, Hai Won ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chromosome aberration; DNA strand breakage; High field MRI; Micronuclei

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CHROMOSOMES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROPHORESIS; HEALTH RISKS; LYMPHOCYTES;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DNA STRANDS; EXPOSED TO; GENOTOXIC EFFECTS; HIGH-FIELD; HIGH-FIELD MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN LYMPHOCYTES; MICRONUCLEUS; STRAND BREAKAGE;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COMET ASSAY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA BREAK;

ADULT; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; COMET ASSAY; DNA BREAKS, SINGLE-STRANDED; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; RADIATION, NONIONIZING;

EID: 80052272620     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20664     Document Type: Article

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