Nocturnal Exposure to Intermittent 60 Hz Magnetic Fields Alters Human Cardiac Rhythm

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 98-106

  Sastre, Antonio ^a   Cook, Mary R ^a   Graham, Charles ^a  

^a MIDWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

EKG; EMF; Fourier transform; Heart rate variability; HRV; Power frequency

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

CARDIAC RHYTHMS; DIGITAL FOURIER TRANSFORMS; EKG; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; IN-VIVO; MAGNETIC-FIELD; POWER FREQUENCY; SPECTRAL ANALYZE; SPECTRAL BAND;

BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SLEEP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; SLEEP;

EID: 0031611510     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-186x(1998)19:2<98::aid-bem7>3.0.co;2-z     Document Type: Article

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