Electromagnetic interference of analog cellular telephones with pacemakers

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1410-1418

  Barbaro, Vincenzo ^a   Bartolini, Pietro ^a   Donato, Andrea ^a   Militello, Carmelo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

analog cellular telephones; electromagnetic interference; pacemakers

Indexed keywords

ANALOG COMPUTER; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART BEAT; IMPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; REMOTE SENSING; TELEPHONE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0029814888     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1996.tb03153.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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