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Rats reproduce and rear litters during chronic exposure to 150-kV/m, 60-Hz electric fields

Journal Article · · Bioelectromagnetics (New York); (USA)
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  1. Battelle, Pacific Northwest Laboratories, Richland, WA (USA)
Mature female rats and their subsequent litters were exposed either to 112- or to 150-kV/m, 60-Hz electric fields or sham-exposed for 19 h daily through pre-breeding, breeding, and rearing periods of experimentation. Exposed females mated in equal percentages and reared litters of equal numbers, and mean body masses of pups were the same as those of sham-exposed animals. Thus, experiments to investigate electric-field effects on reproduction and development in rats are feasible at effective field strengths of 112 and 150 kV/m.
OSTI ID:
7166803
Journal Information:
Bioelectromagnetics (New York); (USA), Journal Name: Bioelectromagnetics (New York); (USA) Vol. 10:4; ISSN BLCTD; ISSN 0197-8462
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English