Health effects of extremely low-frequency magnetic fields: Reconsidering the melatonin hypothesis in the light of current data on magnetoreception

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 952-958

  Vanderstraeten, Jacques ^a   Verschaeve, Luc ^b,c   Burda, Hynek ^d,e   Bouland, Catherine ^a   de Brouwer, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^e CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Childhood leukemia; Circadian biorhythms; Magnetosensory disruption; Nocturnal biorhythms; Power frequency

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELD; HEALTH HAZARD; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MAGNETORECEPTION; MAGNETOSENSITIVITY; MAGNETOSENSORY DISRUPTION; MELATONIN HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MELATONIN;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84868034742     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: 10991263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.2761     Document Type: Article

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