Do microwave ovens affect eyes?

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dc.contributor.authorInaloz, SS
dc.contributor.authorAksunger, A
dc.contributor.authorSari, F
dc.contributor.authorDasdag, S
dc.contributor.authorDeveci, E
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-24T17:33:30Z
dc.date.available2024-04-24T17:33:30Z
dc.date.issued1997
dc.departmentDicle Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractThe cataractogenic effects of the microwave oven on rat eyes were investigated histologically. Twenty-one adult Wistar-Albino rats (2-2.5 months old) were divided into three groups (n = 7): a control group (sham-exposed) and two experimental groups. The experimental rats were confined in special cages and placed next to the closed door of a microwave oven. The first experimental group was given 15 minutes of daily exposure and the second. 30 minutes, for 1 month. Biomicroscopic examination detected no pathological damage to the lens in the experimental rats. Histologically, there was a lens of single-layered epithelium in the control group. Tn the first experimental group. there was slight pleomorphism in the superficial epithelial cell contours and vacuolizations in the lens fibers: the second experimental group, had pronounced pleomorphism and pyknosis of the nuclei in the superficial epithelium. Some of the superficial epithelial cells had disappeared and were histologically observed as acellular areas, Single-layered epithelium became disorganized and formed multilayered epithelial groups in the superficial epithelium. Vacuolization was more prominent in this group. Personal exposure from microwave ovens is generally minimal because of the rapid decrease in power density with distance. Microwave oven users do not normally stand as close to the oven as the rats in our study were placed: therefore, it is difficult to suggest that microwave ovens always have cataractogenic effects on human eyes. (C) 1997 Japanese Ophthalmological Society.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage243en_US
dc.identifier.issn0021-5155
dc.identifier.issue4en_US
dc.identifier.pmid9304438
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-0342618779
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage240en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11468/20717
dc.identifier.volume41en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:A1997XP39700009
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevier Science Incen_US
dc.relation.ispartofJapanese Journal of Ophthalmology
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectCataracten_US
dc.subjectHistopathologyen_US
dc.subjectMicrowave Ovenen_US
dc.subjectNon-Ionizing Radiationen_US
dc.subjectRat Lensen_US
dc.titleDo microwave ovens affect eyes?en_US
dc.titleDo microwave ovens affect eyes?
dc.typeArticleen_US

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