Heart rate variability in workers exposed to medium-frequency electromagnetic fields

Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 91-97

  Bortkiewicz, Alicja ^a   Gadzicka, Elzbieta ^a   Zmyślony, Marek ^a  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic fields; Heart rate variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030570430     PISSN: 01651838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-1838(96)00009-4     Document Type: Article

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