Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave and Optoelectronics, 2005 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brasilia
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9341-4
DOI :
10.1109/IMOC.2005.1580117
