Can safe and long-term exposure to extremely low frequency (50 Hz) magnetic fields affect apoptosis, reproduction, and oxidative stress?

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1053-1060

  Akdag, Mehmet Zulkuf ^a   Dasdag, Suleyman ^a   Uzunlar, Ali Kemal ^b   Ulukaya, Engin ^c   Oral, Arzu Yilmaztepe ^c   Çelik, Necla ^d   Akşen, Feyzan ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DUZCE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; ELF MF; Oxidative stress; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CATALASE; MALONALDEHYDE; MYELOPEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELD; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOON COUNT;

EID: 84890896395     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: 13623095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09553002.2013.817705     Document Type: Article

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