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The relationship between colony-forming ability, chromosome aberrations and incidence of micronuclei in V79 Chinese hamster cells exposed to microwave radiation.

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Garaj-Vrhovac V, Horvat D, Koren Z · 1991

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Exposure Details

Power Density
0.5 mW/cm²
Source/Device
7.7 GHz continuous radiation
Exposure Duration
15, 30 and 60 min

Exposure Context

This study used 0.5 mW/cm² for radio frequency:

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Where This Falls on the Concern Scale

Study Exposure Level in ContextStudy Exposure Level in ContextThis study: 0.5 mW/cm²Extreme Concern - 1,000 µW/m²FCC Limit - 10M µW/m²Effects observed in the Extreme Concern range (Building Biology)FCC limit is 2 times higher than this level
A logarithmic frequency spectrum from 10 Hz to 100 GHz showing where this study's 7.70 GHz exposure sits relative to common EMF sources.Where This Frequency Sits on the EMF SpectrumELFVLFLF / MFHF / VHFUHFSHFmm10 Hz100 GHzThis study: 7.70 GHzPower lines50/60 HzCell phones~1 GHzWiFi2.4 GHz5G mm28 GHzLogarithmic scale

Study Details

To study the relationship between colony-forming ability, chromosome aberrations and incidence of micronuclei in V79 Chinese hamster cells exposed to microwave radiation.

Cultured V79 Chinese hamster fibroblast cells were exposed to continuous radiation, frequency 7.7 GH...

In comparison with the control samples there was a significantly higher frequency of specific chromo...

Cite This Study
Garaj-Vrhovac V, Horvat D, Koren Z (1991). The relationship between colony-forming ability, chromosome aberrations and incidence of micronuclei in V79 Chinese hamster cells exposed to microwave radiation. Mutat Res 263(3):143-149, 1991.
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@article{v_1991_the_relationship_between_colonyforming_56,
  author = {Garaj-Vrhovac V and Horvat D and Koren Z},
  title = {The relationship between colony-forming ability, chromosome aberrations and incidence of micronuclei in V79 Chinese hamster cells exposed to microwave radiation.},
  year = {1991},
  
  url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0165799291900548},
}