Human sleep in 60 Hz magnetic fields

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 277-283

  Graham, Charles ^a   Cook, Mary R ^a  

^a MIDWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

EEG; EMF; Learning; Memory; REM; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

CONTINUOUS EXPOSURE; HEALTH RELEVANCES; LEARNING; MAGNETIC-FIELD; REM; REM SLEEP; SLEEP; SLEEP EFFICIENCIES; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME;

SLEEP RESEARCH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAGNETISM; MALE; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LEARNING; MAGNETICS; MALE; MEMORY; SAFETY; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 0032609969     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(1999)20:5<277::AID-BEM3>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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