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Title: | Effect of GSM Radiation on White Blood Cells. |
Authors: | Dabo, Gideon .I Songden, Stephen .A |
Issue Date: | 2014 |
Publisher: | Advances in Life Science and Technology |
Series/Report no.: | Vol.24;Pp 130-138 |
Abstract: | The effect of continuous-wave radiation on peripheral blood in albino mice was investigated. A radiation
frequency of 2450MHz was applied at an average power density of induced field 10mW/cm2. Ten 13 week old
albino mice with average body mass of 35.0g were divided into 3 groups, preliminary group, control group, C
and the irradiated group, E. Two (2) mice were used for preliminary studies, four (4) were kept to serve as
control batch, and four (4) were exposed to microwaves for 60 days, at 2 hours per day. Peripheral blood
samples were taken immediately after irradiation on the 1st, 16th, 32nd and the 60th day of the experiment. The
total white blood cells count of both control, C batch and exposed, E batch, as well as the differential white
blood cells count were investigated. The morphology of cells was also observed, during each session of the
investigation in comparison with control C batch. The results revealed a decrease in the total white cell count
which consistently continued in irradiated E batch from the 1st day of irradiation in the sample of the irradiated E
batch in comparison with the control C batch samples. Slight increase in relative proportion of the neutrophil
was observed in E batch sample in comparison with the C batch samples. Our investigation confirms wave
exposure affects the white blood cells parameters of exposed animals. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/533 |
ISSN: | 2224-7181 |
Appears in Collections: | Physics
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