Suppression of pain sensation caused by millimeter waves: A double- blinded, cross-over, prospective human volunteer study

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 836-840

  Radzievsky, Alexander A ^a   Rojavin, Mikhail A ^a   Cowan, Alan ^a   Ziskin, Marvin C ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; HUMAN; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE;

EID: 0032898491     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199904000-00029     Document Type: Article

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