Experimental study of the effects of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields on animals with soft tissue wounds

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-42

  Detlavs, Imants ^a   Dombrovska, Laimdota ^a   Turauska, Arta ^a   Shkirmante, Bella ^a   Slutskii, Leonid ^a  

^a RIGA STRADINS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

Author keywords

animals; electromagnetic fields; radio frequency; soft tissue wounds

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SOFT TISSUE INJURY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0029915594     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(95)04917-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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