Application of the ferromagnetic transduction model to D.C. and pulsed magnetic fields: Effects on epileptogenic tissue and implications for cellular phone safety

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 227, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 718-723

  Dobson, Jon ^a,b   Pierre, Tim St ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL; MAGNETITE;

ALTERNATING CURRENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIRECT CURRENT; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENVIRONMENT; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; ION TRANSPORT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MODEL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TELEPHONE; TORQUE;

EID: 0030599363     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1996.1575     Document Type: Article

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