The purpose of this study was to determine if 60 Hz magnetic fields could alter the clinical progression of leukemia in an animal model. Large granular lymphocytic (LGL) leukemia cells from spleens of leukemic rats were transplanted into young male Fischer rats, producing signs of leukemia in about 2-3 months. The animals were injected ip with 2.2 x 107 LGL leukemia cells at the initiation of the study and assigned to 4 treatment groups 108/group) as follows: 1) 10 G linearly polarized 60 Hz magnetic fields, 2) sham exposed [null energized unit with residual 20 mG fields, 3) ambient controls [
Revised: February 7, 2003 |
Published: January 19, 1999
Citation
Morris J.E., L.B. Sasser, D.L. Miller, G.E. Dagle, C.N. Rafferty, K.L. Ebi, and L.E. Anderson. 1999.Clinical progression of transplanted large granular lymphocytic leukemia in Fischer 334 rats exposed to 60 Hz magnetic fields.Bioelectromagnetics 20, no. 1:48-56. PNWD-SA-4596.