The use of FDTD in establishing in vitro experimentation conditions representative of lifelike cell phone radiation on the spermatozoa

Health Physics

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-62

  Mouradi, Rand ^a,b   Desai, Nisarg ^a,c   Erdemir, Ahmet ^d   Agarwal, Ashok ^a  

^a Glickman Urological   (United States)

^b Cleveland State University   (United States)

^c STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

dosimetry; electromagnetic fields; exposure, radiation; radiation effects

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SCROTUM; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; CELLULAR PHONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; RADIO WAVES; SCROTUM; SEMEN; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 82955246700     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HP.0b013e3182289bfb     Document Type: Article

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