Effect of In Utero Wi-Fi Exposure on the Pre- and Postnatal Development of Rats

Birth Defects Research Part B - Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 130-136

  Poulletier de Gannes, Florence ^a,c   Haro, Emmanuelle ^a   Hurtier, Annabelle ^a   Taxile, Murielle ^a   Athane, Axel ^a   Ait Aissa, Saliha ^a   Masuda, Hiroshi ^a   Percherncier, Yann ^a   Ruffié, Gilles ^a   Billaudel, Bernard ^a   Dufour, Philippe ^b   Veyret, Bernard ^a,c   Lagroye, Isabelle ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b EVIC France ^*  (France)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Dams; Pups; Reverberation chamber; Teratology; Wi Fi; Wireless communication

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; COMMUNICATION SOFTWARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; FETUS; MARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PUP (RODENT); RADIOFREQUENCY; RAT; TERATOGENESIS; WHOLE BODY AUTORADIOGRAPHY; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION; WIRELESS FIDELITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIO WAVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPRODUCTION; TOXICITY TESTS; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84860260857     PISSN: 15429733     EISSN: 15429741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrb.20346     Document Type: Article

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