International Commission for Protection Against Environmental Mutagens and Carcinogens. Power frequency electric and magnetic fields: a review of genetic toxicology review

Endpoint

• genotoxicity/mutation: DNA damage; mutations; chromosome aberrations; DNA repair; micronucleus formation; DNA strand breaks; sister chromatid exchange
• cell viability/cell division/proliferation: cell cycle; mitotic index; DNA synthesis rate
• characterization of electric and magnetic fields

Exposure

• • 50/60 Hz
  • electric field
  • magnetic field
• • power transmission line
  • inhouse wiring

Related articles

• McCann J et al. (1998): The genotoxic potential of electric and magnetic fields: an update