Ultra high frequency electromagnetic field effects in erythrocytes micronuclei frequency and birth rate of rats prenatally irradiated

Author

Ferreira, Amâncio R. ; Knakievicz, Tanise ; Fernández, Claudio R. ; De Salles, Álvaro A A ; Ferreira, Henrique B. ; Moreira, José C F

Author_Institution

Departamento de Bioquimica, Univ. Fed. dio Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre

fYear

2005

fDate

25-25 July 2005

Firstpage

529

Lastpage

533

Abstract

An in vivo mammalian cytogenetic test, the micronuclei (MN) assay, was used to investigate the occurrence of genetic damage in rat offspring erythrocytes exposed to a non-thermal electromagnetic field (834 MHz, 0.6 - 1.4 W/kg) from a cellular phone during their embryogenesis. The irradiated group showed a significant increase of MN frequency. The offspring number has not been significantly different between the irradiated and sham groups. It could be concluded that selected UHF-EMF under the applied conditions direct or indirectly induced genotoxic response in hematopoiesis during the embryogenesis after whole-body exposure

Keywords

biological effects of fields; blood; cellular biophysics; electromagnetic fields; 834 MHz; cellular phone; erythrocytes micronuclei frequency; genetic damage; genotoxic response; micronuclei assay; nonthermal electromagnetic field; rat offspring erythrocytes; ultrahigh frequency electromagnetic field effects; Animals; Cellular phones; Electromagnetic fields; Embryo; Frequency; In vivo; Optical microscopy; Pregnancy; Rats; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Optoelectronics, 2005 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International Conference on

Conference_Location

Brasilia

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9341-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMOC.2005.1580117

Filename

1580117