title: Weak low frequency electromagnetic fields and chick embryogenesis: failure to reproduce positive findings.
abstract: Fertilised chicken eggs were incubated for 48 hours while exposed to pulsed trains of magnetic fields having a duration of 0-5 ms, a rise time of 42 microsecond, and a pulse repetition rate of 100 at a magnetic field flux density of 1 microT. Some eggs were exposed to 1,552 rad X-rays as a positive control. After exposure the embryos were scored blind for a variety of morphological features. X-irradiated eggs displayed highly significant and repeatable anatomical alterations. There were no differences between magnetic field-exposed, sham-exposed and control eggs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Biology and Biophysics, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, New York 14642.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maffeo
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Brayman
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Carstensen
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ciaravino
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cox
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000528:radiation effects*; D002642:Chick Embryo; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D055590:Electromagnetic Phenomena; D004627:Embryonic Induction / Q000528:radiation effects*; D013223:Statistics as Topic