title: Biological effects of magnetic fields: chronic exposure of the nematode Panagrellus redivivus.
abstract: The Panagrellus redivivus bioassay, an established monitor of adverse toxic effects of different environments, has been used to study the biological effects of exposure to static and time-varying uniform and gradient magnetic fields, and to time-varying magnetic field gradients superimposed on a static uniform magnetic field of 2.35 Tesla. Temporally stationary magnetic fields have no effect on the fitness of the test animals. Time-varying magnetic fields cause some inhibition of growth and maturation in the test populations. The combination of pulsed magnetic field gradients in a static uniform magnetic field also has a small detrimental effect on the fitness of the test animals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Peeling
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Samoiloff
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bock
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tomchuk
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001681:Biological Assay; D001695:Biology; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields / Q000295:instrumentation; D008280:Magnetics; D009348:Nematoda / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors