Assessment of the immune responsiveness of mice irradiated with continuous wave or pulse-modulated 425-MHz radio frequency radiation
✍ Scribed by R. J. Smialowicz; M. M. Riddle; C. M. Well; P. L. Brugnolotti; J. B. Kinn
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 269 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0197-8462
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Groups of female BALB/C mice were irradiated with 425‐MHz radio frequency (RF) radiation either continuous wave (CW) or pulse modulated (PM, 1‐ms pulse width, 250 pulses/s). Mice were irradiated in a rectangular strip‐transmission line at average forward powers of 78, 17.7, or 5 W for CW and 17.7, 5, or 1.25 W for PM. The mean specific absorption rate, as measured using twin‐well calorimetry was 7.7 W/kg for a forward power of 70 W. No differences in the mitogen‐stimulated response of lymphocytes or in the primary antibody response to sheep erythrocytes or polyvinylpyrrolidone were observed between irradiated and sham‐irradiated mice, nor between mice exposed to either CW or PM 425‐MHz RF radiation.