Electromagnetic interference of pacemakers by mobile phones

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1431-1446

  Irnich, Werner ^a   Batz, Lothar ^a   Müller, Reinhold ^a   Tobisch, Rolf ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

cardiac pacemaker; electromagnetic interference; mobile phones; risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EVOKED RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PULSE GENERATOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SIMULATION; TELEPHONE;

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

EID: 0029837925     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1996.tb03155.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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