A study of heart rate and heart rate variability in human subjects exposed to occupational levels of 50 Hz circularly polarised magnetic fields

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 361-369

  Sait, Mardi L ^a   Wood, Andrew W ^a   Sadafi, Hassan A ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

EMF; Heart rate; Heart rate variability; Human; Magnetic fields

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

HEART RATE VARIABILITY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIVIDUALITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PILOT PROJECTS; RESPIRATION; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 0032843976     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(99)00062-4     Document Type: Article

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