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Microwave irradiation and lipid metabolism in mice
Author(s) -
Deficis A.,
Dumas J. C.,
Laurens S.,
Plurien G.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
radio science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1944-799X
pISSN - 0048-6604
DOI - 10.1029/rs014i06sp00099
Subject(s) - irradiation , absorption (acoustics) , microwave irradiation , rectal temperature , zoology , nuclear medicine , strain (injury) , microwave , chemistry , medicine , optics , physics , biology , nuclear physics , quantum mechanics
A total of 154 male mice of the DBA strain was exposed during a three‐day period for nearly 60 hours to 2.45‐GHz microwaves in multimode cavities or in an electrically anechoic chamber. The estimated effective CW power density in the cavities was 3.3 (±2) mW cm −2 ; that in the chamber, 4 (±2) mW cm −2 . Sham‐irradiated controls numbered 126. Two hours after termination of treatments, mean serum levels of triglycérides were elevated by 30% and 55%, respectively, in cavity‐ and chamber‐irradiated mice. Commensurate elevations of β‐lipoproteins were also observed. While rectal temperatures were not reliably elevated during the exposures, the absence of dosimetric data coupled with the likelihood that resonant absorption took place requires circumspection in interpreting the generality of the data for exposure of man.