A test for teratological effects of power frequency magnetic fields on chick embryos

Author

Cox, Christopher F. ; Brewer, Laura J. ; Raeman, Carol H. ; Schryver, Christine A. ; Child, Sally Z. ; Carstensen, E.L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Biostatistics, Rochester Univ., NY, USA

Volume

40

Issue

7

fYear

1993

fDate

7/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

605

Lastpage

610

Abstract

An analysis of thirteen studies of the teratological effects of pulsed magnetic fields on chick embryos from ten independent laboratories permits no clear conclusions. It is noted that comparatively little has been done to follow up on the reports by J. Juutilainen et al. (Rad. Environ. Biophys., vol.25, p.65-7, 1986) on the effects of extremely-low-frequency, sinusoidal magnetic fields on the malformation rate in chick embryos. An attempt to follow up on their results using similar but not identical exposures of 10- mu T, 50-Hz magnetic fields, which produced negative results, is reported.

Keywords

biological effects of fields; biomagnetism; magnetic field effects; 10 muT; 50 Hz; ELF sinusoidal fields; chick embryos; malformation rate; power frequency magnetic fields; teratological effects; Embryo; Frequency; Geophysical measurement techniques; Ground penetrating radar; Laboratories; Magnetic analysis; Magnetic fields; Pulse shaping methods; Shape; Testing; Animals; Chi-Square Distribution; Chick Embryo; Confidence Intervals; Congenital Abnormalities; Magnetics; Time Factors;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9294

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/10.237690

Filename

237690