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Cytogenetic investigation of subjects professionally exposed to radiofrequency radiation.

No Effects Found

Maes A, Van Gorp U, Verschaeve L. · 2006

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Workers exposed to mobile phone RF radiation showed no genetic damage in blood cells, though missing exposure data limits the study's broader implications.

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Researchers examined white blood cells from people professionally exposed to mobile phone radiofrequency radiation to see if this exposure caused genetic damage. Using three different tests that look for DNA breaks and chromosome abnormalities, they found no evidence that RF exposure harmed the genetic material in these workers' cells. The study also tested whether RF exposure might make cells more vulnerable to a known cancer-causing chemical, but found no such interaction.

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The aim of this study is to observe Cytogenetic investigation of subjects professionally exposed to radiofrequency radiation.

We investigated cytogenetic effects in peripheral blood lymphocytes from subjects who were professio...

The alkaline comet assay, sister chromatid exchange (SCE) and chromosome aberration tests revealed n...

No cooperative action was found between the electromagnetic field exposure and the mutagen using either the comet assay or SCE test.

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Maes A, Van Gorp U, Verschaeve L. (2006). Cytogenetic investigation of subjects professionally exposed to radiofrequency radiation. Mutagenesis 21:139-42, 2006.
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@article{a_2006_cytogenetic_investigation_of_subjects_2926,
  author = {Maes A and Van Gorp U and Verschaeve L.},
  title = {Cytogenetic investigation of subjects professionally exposed to radiofrequency radiation.},
  year = {2006},
  
  url = {https://academic.oup.com/mutage/article/21/2/139/1124302?login=true},
}

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Researchers examined white blood cells from people professionally exposed to mobile phone radiofrequency radiation to see if this exposure caused genetic damage. Using three different tests that look for DNA breaks and chromosome abnormalities, they found no evidence that RF exposure harmed the genetic material in these workers' cells. The study also tested whether RF exposure might make cells more vulnerable to a known cancer-causing chemical, but found no such interaction.