ELF-008Retrieval lead
Intermittency and fibroblast DNA strand breaks
The reported finding
Discovery dossier reports comet-assay increases under intermittent but not continuous exposure.
Reading it carefully
Publication-status and original methods audit incomplete; no claim of below-limit residential injury.
Inside the study
Exposure conditions
50 Hz; 1 millitesla; human fibroblasts.
Design & controls
In-vitro experiment.
The protection question raised
Could intermittent and continuous power-frequency fields produce different cellular responses? The original methods and publication-status checks remain incomplete, preventing a residential injury or protective-limit inference.
Source verification
Record verified; full text still required
Editorial notices
Primary PubMed linked-notice record checked 20 Oct 2026; no correction, concern or retraction linked at check. This is not an exhaustive publisher-history certification.
Funding
Not established from retrieved material.
Conflicts of interest
Not established from retrieved material.
Original publication
Ivancsits S, Diem E, Pilger A, Rüdiger HW, Jahn O. Induction of DNA strand breaks by intermittent exposure to extremely-low-frequency electromagnetic fields in human diploid fibroblasts. Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis. 2002;519(1-2):1-13. doi:10.1016/s1383-5718(02)00109-2.