ELF magnetic fields: Animal studies, mechanisms of action

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 369-373

  Lagroye, Isabelle ^a   Percherancier, Yann ^b   Juutilainen, Jukka ^c   De Gannes, Florence Poulletier ^a   Veyret, Bernard ^a,b  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Action mechanism; Bioassays; Extremely low frequency magnetic fields; In vivo; Leukaemia; Teratology

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA;

FREE RADICAL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; BIOASSAY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; REVIEW; TERATOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEOPLASMS; TERATOLOGY;

EID: 84858716020     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2011.09.003     Document Type: Review

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