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Can I read Radiofrequency Fields and Teratogenesis on EtoBox?
Radiofrequency Fields and Teratogenesis by Louis N. Heynick; James H. Merritt is a Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Radiofrequency Fields and Teratogenesis about?
Experimental studies that sought teratologic effects or developmental abnormalities from exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RFEMF) in the range 3 kHz-300 GHz are critically reviewed for their possible consequences on human health. Those studies were conducted on beetles, birds, rodents, and nonhuman primates. Collectively, those experimental studies indicate that teratologic effects can occur only from exposure levels that cause biologically detrimental increases in body temperature. No reliable experimental evidence was found for nonthermal teratologic effects; rodents, mouse fetuses, and perinatal mice are more susceptible to such effects than rats. The primary confirmed effect in rats at high RFEMF levels was initial weight deficits in fetuses and neonates that decreased with infant growth. More generally from findings with pregnant mammals, exposures at RFEMF levels far higher than those permitted under the IEEE human exposure guidelines are necessary to reach or exceed cited experimental thresholds for maternal temperature increases. Some results indicated that the levels necessary to cause such effects in pregnant mammals could exceed those lethal to the dams.
Who reads Radiofrequency Fields and Teratogenesis?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.
- Author
- Louis N. Heynick; James H. Merritt
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0197-8462)
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)