Body Heating Induced by Sub-Resonant (350 MHz) Microwave Irradiation: Cardiovascular and Respiratory Responses in Anesthetized Rats

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 335-338

  Jauchem, James R ^a,c   Frei, Melvin R ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Armstrong Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cardiovascular system; Heart rate; Radiofrequency radiation

Indexed keywords

HEART; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

AVERAGE POWER; HEART-RATE; MICROWAVE EXPOSURE; MICROWAVE- IRRADIATIONS; POWER DENSITIES; RADIO FREQUENCY RADIATION; RESONANT MICROWAVE; RESPIRATORY RESPONSE; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; WHOLE-BODY;

BLOOD PRESSURE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HEAT; MALE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; THERMOREGULATION;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HEAT; MALE; MICROWAVES; RADIO WAVES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESPIRATION;

EID: 0030626805     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(1997)18:4<335::AID-BEM6>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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