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EFFECT OF MICROWAVE RADIATION (2450 MHz) ON THE MORPHOLOGY AND CHROMOSOMES OF LYMPHOCYTES.

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Huang, AT; Engle, ME; Elder, JA; Kinn, JB; Ward, TR
Published in: Radio Science
1977

Effects of microwave radiation have been examined on blood lymphocytes from Chinese hamsters that were irradiated 15 minutes each day during five consecutive days by 2450-MHz (CW) energy at power densities from zero to 45 mW/cm**2. Measurements of absorbed energy were accomplished by twin-well calorimetry. One hour after sham or microwave radiation, blood was obtained by orbital hemorrhage and was cultured for one day if unstimulated or for three days if stimulated with phytohemagglutinin (PHA) to induce mitosis. Cultures were terminated with a brief colchicine treatment to arrest cells in metaphase; lymphocytes were then processed for morphological and cytogenetic analyses. Microwave radiation caused a transient, reversible and dose-dependent (albeit curvilinearly related) change in rate of blastic transformation of unstimulated lymphocytes.

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Radio Science

Publication Date

1977

Volume

12

Issue

6 Suppl

Start / End Page

173 / 177

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  • Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
 

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Huang, A. T., Engle, M. E., Elder, J. A., Kinn, J. B., & Ward, T. R. (1977). EFFECT OF MICROWAVE RADIATION (2450 MHz) ON THE MORPHOLOGY AND CHROMOSOMES OF LYMPHOCYTES. Radio Science, 12(6 Suppl), 173–177.
Huang, A. T., M. E. Engle, J. A. Elder, J. B. Kinn, and T. R. Ward. “EFFECT OF MICROWAVE RADIATION (2450 MHz) ON THE MORPHOLOGY AND CHROMOSOMES OF LYMPHOCYTES.Radio Science 12, no. 6 Suppl (1977): 173–77.
Huang AT, Engle ME, Elder JA, Kinn JB, Ward TR. EFFECT OF MICROWAVE RADIATION (2450 MHz) ON THE MORPHOLOGY AND CHROMOSOMES OF LYMPHOCYTES. Radio Science. 1977;12(6 Suppl):173–7.
Huang, A. T., et al. “EFFECT OF MICROWAVE RADIATION (2450 MHz) ON THE MORPHOLOGY AND CHROMOSOMES OF LYMPHOCYTES.Radio Science, vol. 12, no. 6 Suppl, 1977, pp. 173–77.
Huang AT, Engle ME, Elder JA, Kinn JB, Ward TR. EFFECT OF MICROWAVE RADIATION (2450 MHz) ON THE MORPHOLOGY AND CHROMOSOMES OF LYMPHOCYTES. Radio Science. 1977;12(6 Suppl):173–177.

Published In

Radio Science

Publication Date

1977

Volume

12

Issue

6 Suppl

Start / End Page

173 / 177

Related Subject Headings

  • Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences