# REV-001 — Mobile telephony and DNA damage: comparing the experiments

Collection: Reviews & proposed mechanisms (not an original experiment)

Doi: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2019.03.003

Title: Comparing DNA damage induced by mobile telephony and other types of man-made electromagnetic fields

Authors: Dimitris J Panagopoulos

Date: 2019-03-11

Issueyear: 2019

Why: Comparing exposure patterns on the same biological endpoint can reveal differences hidden by the general label “EMF”.

Summary: Reviews the author’s 2006–2016 Drosophila oogenesis experiments comparing DNA fragmentation under six EMF exposures; reports stronger effects with variable real mobile-phone signals.

Limitations: Retrospective synthesis of one research programme, not independent replication or human disease evidence. Comparisons differ in physical exposure parameters.

Scope: Compares experimental reports of DNA damage from mobile-telephony signals with other artificial EMF exposures, with attention to signal variability and experimental design.

Exposures: Mobile telephony; ELF magnetic fields

Journal: Mutation research. Reviews in mutation research

Heading: Mobile telephony and DNA damage: comparing the experiments

Id: REV-001

Kind: Narrative review

Topics: DNA damage; Signal variability

Links: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mrrev.2019.03.003; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31416578/

Author: Panagopoulos

Access Label: Abstract checked

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Citation: Dimitris J Panagopoulos. Comparing DNA damage induced by mobile telephony and other types of man-made electromagnetic fields. Mutation research. Reviews in mutation research. 2019. doi:10.1016/j.mrrev.2019.03.003.

Related Studies: RF-005; RF-016; RF-045

Url: /reviews/rev-001/

Year: 2019

Record Type: review_or_mechanism

Source Url: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mrrev.2019.03.003