Periodic inversion of the vertical component of the Earth's magnetic field influences fluctuations of visual sensitivity in humans

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 459-461

  Thoss, Franz ^a   Bartsch, B ^a   Tellschaft, D ^a   Thoss, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Field direction; Magnetic orientation; Threshold fluctuations; Visual threshold

Indexed keywords

EARTH MAGNETIC FIELDS; FIELD DIRECTIONS; MAGNETIC FIELD INFLUENCE; MAGNETIC ORIENTATION; PERIODIC INVERSION; THRESHOLD FLUCTUATION; VERTICAL COMPONENT; VISUAL SENSITIVITY; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

ANIMALIA;

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIGHT; MAGNETISM; MALE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VISION;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LIGHT; MAGNETICS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINAL PIGMENTS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; VISION;

EID: 0033209597     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(199910)20:7<459::AID-BEM8>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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