Thresholds of Microwave-Evoked Warmth Sensations in Human Skin

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 403-409

  Blick, Dennis W ^a   Adair, Eleanor R ^b   Hurt, William D ^a   Sherry, Clifford J ^a   Walters, Thomas J ^a   Merritt, James H ^a  

^a Armstrong Laboratory   (United States)

^b JOHN B PIERCE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrared; Microwaves; Psychophysics; Skin sensation; Warmth threshold

Indexed keywords

DETECTION THRESHOLD; DIFFERENTIAL EFFECT; HUMAN SKIN; HUMAN SUBJECTS; LONG DURATION; MICROWAVES FREQUENCY; PSYCHOPHYSIC; SKIN SENSATIONS; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; WARMTH THRESHOLD;

INFRARED RADIATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HEAT; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; MALE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SKIN; TIME;

ADULT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HEAT; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; MALE; MICROWAVES; MIDDLE AGED; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030631193     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-186x(1997)18:6<403::aid-bem1>3.0.co;2-6     Document Type: Article

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