Effects of third generation mobile phone-emitted electromagnetic radiation on oxidative stress parameters in eye tissue and blood of rats

Cutaneous and Ocular Toxicology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 89-94

  Demirel, Soner ^a   Doganay, Selim ^a   Turkoz, Yusuf ^b   Dogan, Zümrüt ^b   Turan, Bahadir ^a   Firat, Penpe Gul Bozgul ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Department of Medical Biochemistry ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

3G mobile phone; blood; electromagnetic radiation; Eye; oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALONALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EYE; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT;

ANIMALS; CATALASE; CELLULAR PHONE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EYE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

RATTUS;

EID: 84862059012     PISSN: 15569527     EISSN: 15569535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15569527.2012.657725     Document Type: Article

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