What Is the Time Scale of Magnetic Field Interaction in Biological Systems?

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 244-249

  Engström, Stefan ^a  

^a Jerry L Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

AC DC combinations; Extremely low frequency magnetic fields; Free radical mechanism; Ion oscillator models; Ion resonance models; Magnetotransduction

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; FREE RADICALS; TIME MEASUREMENT;

AC/DC COMBINATION; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELDS; FREE RADICAL MECHANISM; ION RESONANCE; ION-OSCILLATOR MODEL; ION-RESONANCE MODEL; MAGNETOTRANSDUCTION; OSCILLATOR MODEL; RESONANCE MODEL; TIME-SCALES;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MATHEMATICS; OSCILLOMETRY; TIME;

ANIMALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETICS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSCILLOMETRY; TIME;

EID: 0030627793     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(1997)18:3<244::AID-BEM7>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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