Tests of Biological Integrity in Dogs Exposed to an Electromagnetic Pulse Environment
| Autor: | Siegmund J Baum |
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| Rok vydání: | 1979 |
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Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Litter Size Epidemiology Hematopoietic System Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Mitosis Urogenital System Bone Marrow Cells Biology Andrology Dogs Electromagnetic Fields Bone Marrow Pregnancy Biopsy medicine Animals Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Fetus medicine.diagnostic_test Reproduction Environmental Exposure Environmental exposure Pregnant female Blood Cell Count medicine.anatomical_structure Animals Newborn Female Bone marrow Electromagnetic Phenomena |
| Zdroj: | Health Physics. 36:159-165 |
| ISSN: | 0017-9078 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/00004032-197902000-00007 |
| Popis: | Dogs were exposed to an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) environment 8 hours each day for 45 days. At the end of that time they had received 5.8 x 10 to the 6th power EMP at 5 pulses/sec with a peak electric field intensity of 447 kV/m. Biological tests were conducted to ascertain concentration of erythrocytes, leukocytes, neutrophils, lymphocytes, reticulocytes, and platelets. Bone marrow samples were obtained by biopsy from the ribs 7 days before and 7 days after the last EMP exposure for assessment of mitotic rubricytes and myelocytes. Pregnant female dogs were exposed to the EMP environment in order to study possible gross effects on fetuses. Reproductive capabilities of irradiated male animals were tested for 1 year after the last exposure. None of these tests revealed any injury in the EMP-irradiated dogs. (Author) |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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