The effect of melatonin on body mass and behaviour of rats during an exposure to microwave radiation from mobile phone

Bratislava Medical Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 265-269

  Sokolovic, D ^a   Djordjevic, B ^a   Kocic, G ^a   Babovic, P ^a   Ristic, G ^b   Stanojkovic, Z ^b   Sokolovic, D M ^b   Veljkovic, A ^a   Jankovic, A ^c   Radovanovic, Z ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

^c CLINICAL CENTER NIS   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Body mass; Melatonin; Microwave radiation; Mobile phone

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOBILE PHONE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CELLULAR PHONE; MALE; MELATONIN; MICROWAVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84871727997     PISSN: 00069248     EISSN: 13360345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4149/BLL_2012_062     Document Type: Article

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