Ultra-Wideband Electromagnetic Pulses: Lack of Effects on Heart Rate and Blood Pressure during Two-Minute Exposures of Rats

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 330-333

  Jauchem, James R ^a   Seaman, Ronald L ^b   Lehnert, Heather M ^c   Mathur, Satnam P ^b   Ryan, Kathy L ^c   Frei, Melvin R ^a   Hurt, William D ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cardiovascular system; Heart rate; Radiofrequency radiation

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; HEART; PULSE REPETITION RATE; RADIATION EFFECTS; RATS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

'CURRENT; BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; EXPOSED TO; FAST RISE TIME; HEART RATE AND BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART-RATE; RADIO FREQUENCY RADIATION; SPRAGUE-DAWLEY RATS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; ULTRA-WIDEBAND PULSE;

BLOOD PRESSURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HEART RATE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HEART RATE; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031609002     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(1998)19:5<330::AID-BEM7>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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