A test for teratological effects of power frequency magnetic fields on chick embryos.
An analysis of 13 studies of the teratological effects of pulsed magnetic fields on chick embryos from ten independent laboratories permits no clear conclusions. Comparatively little has been done to follow up on the reports by Juutilainen and coworkers on the effects of extremely low-frequency, sinusoidal magnetic fields on the malformation rate in chick embryos. Our attempt to follow up on their results using similar but not identical exposures of 10 microT, 50 Hz magnetic fields produced negative results.
Cox
C F
CF
Department of Biostatistics, University of Rochester, NY 14627.
Brewer
L J
LJ
Raeman
C H
CH
Schryver
C A
CA
Child
S Z
SZ
Carstensen
E L
EL
D000818:Animals; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002642:Chick Embryo; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D008280:Magnetics / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013997:Time Factors