Cardiovascular and Thermal Responses in Rats During 94 GHz Irradiation

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 264-267

  Jauchem, James R ^a,c   Ryan, Kathy L ^b   Frei, Melvin R ^b  

^a Air Force Materiel Command   (United States)

^b TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Heart rate; Microwaves; Millimeter waves

Indexed keywords

HEART; IRRADIATION; MILLIMETER WAVES; RADIATION EFFECTS; RATS;

BODY TEMPERATURE; FAR-FIELD CONDITIONS; HEART-RATE; KETAMINE; POWER DENSITIES; RADIO FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETICS; SPRAGUE-DAWLEY RATS; TEMPERATURE RESPONSE; THERMAL DISTRIBUTIONS; THERMAL RESPONSE;

BLOOD PRESSURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEART RATE; MALE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; SHOCK; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLON; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEART RATE; MALE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SHOCK; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032602129     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(1999)20:4<264::AID-BEM7>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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