A TEST FOR TERATOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF POWER FREQUENCY MAGNETIC-FIELDS ON CHICK-EMBRYOS

Authors
COX CF BREWER LJ RAEMAN CH SCHRYVER CA CHILD SZ CARSTENSEN EL
Citation
Cf. Cox et al., A TEST FOR TERATOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF POWER FREQUENCY MAGNETIC-FIELDS ON CHICK-EMBRYOS, IEEE transactions on biomedical engineering, 40(7), 1993, pp. 605-610
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Biomedical
Journal title
IEEE transactions on biomedical engineering → ACNP
ISSN journal
00189294
Volume
40
Issue
7
Year of publication
1993
Pages
605 - 610
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-9294(1993)40:7<605:ATFTEO>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
An analysis of 13 studies of the teratological effects of pulsed magne tic fields on chick embryos from ten independent laboratories permits no clear conclusions. Comparatively little has been done to follow up on the reports by Juutilainen and coworkers on the effects of extremel y low-frequency, sinusoidal magnetic fields on the malformation rate i n chick embryos. Our attempt to follow up on their results using simil ar but not identical exposures of 10 muT, 50 Hz magnetic fields produc ed negative results.