Intermittent pacemaker dysfunction caused by digital mobile telephones

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1471-1477

  Naegeli, Barbara ^a   Osswald, Stefan ^a   Deola, Martin ^a   Burkart, Felix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PACEMAKER FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0029930964     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(96)00031-9     Document Type: Article

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