Ultrawide-band electromagnetic pulses induced hypotension in rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 65, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 753-761

  Lu, Shin Tsu ^a   Mathur, Satnam P ^a   Akyel, Yahya ^a   Lee, Jonathan C ^a  

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

Author keywords

Arterial pressure; Delayed effects; Heart rate; Pulsed radiofrequency radiation; Ultrawide band radiation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; HEART RATE; INDUCED HYPOTENSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RAT; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; ANIMAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HYPOTENSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TELECOMMUNICATION; WISTAR KYOTO RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HEART RATE; HYPOTENSION; MALE; RADAR; RADIO WAVES; RATS; RATS, INBRED WKY;

EID: 0032447902     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(98)00214-5     Document Type: Article

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