Inhomogeneous background magnetic field in biological incubators is a potential confounder for experimental variability and reproducibility

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 337-348

  Portelli, Lucas A ^a   Schomay, Theodore E ^b   Barnes, Frank S ^a  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient magnetic fields; Earth's magnetic field; Laboratory magnetic environment; Power frequency fields

Indexed keywords

CELL PROLIFERATION; EARTH (PLANET); FREE RADICALS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PROTEINS;

AMBIENT MAGNETIC FIELD; AMBIENTS; EARTH MAGNETIC FIELDS; FREQUENCY FIELD; LABORATORY MAGNETIC ENVIRONMENT; MAGNETIC ENVIRONMENTS; MAGNETIC-FIELD; POWER FREQUENCY; POWER FREQUENCY FIELD; REPRODUCIBILITIES;

CELL CULTURE;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INCUBATOR; IONIZING RADIATION; LABORATORY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MICROCLIMATE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEMPERATURE; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; BACKGROUND RADIATION; CALIBRATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELL LINE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELLS, CULTURED; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INCUBATORS; LABORATORIES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84878684256     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.21787     Document Type: Article

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