How does long term exposure to base stations and mobile phones affect human hormone profiles?

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 157-161

  Eskander, Emad F ^a   Estefan, Selim F ^a   Abd Rabou, Ahmed A ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Base stations; Hormone profiles; Mobiles; Radio frequency radiation

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE; THYROID HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SAFETY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; CELLULAR PHONE; FEMALE; HORMONES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PROLACTIN; RADIO WAVES; TESTOSTERONE; THYROID HORMONES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855315786     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: 18732933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2011.11.006     Document Type: Article

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