Ants can be used as bio-indicators to reveal biological effects of electromagnetic waves from some wireless apparatus

Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 282-288

  Cammaerts, Marie Claire ^a   Johansson, Olle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ants; Electromagnetic waves; Mobile phones; Personal computer; WiFi apparatus

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CELLULAR TELEPHONES; CIRCULAR WAVEGUIDES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE PHONES; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; TELEPHONE SETS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN); WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ANTS; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL MODELING; NATURAL CONDITIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; RADIATING SOURCES; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS; WIRELESS EQUIPMENTS;

WI-FI;

ANIMAL; ANT; COMPUTER; DEVICES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; LOCOMOTION; MOBILE PHONE; RADIATION RESPONSE; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

ANIMALS; ANTS; CELL PHONES; COMPUTERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; LOCOMOTION; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84908871266     PISSN: 15368378     EISSN: 15368386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15368378.2013.817336     Document Type: Article

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