Heating and pain sensation produced in human skin by millimeter waves: Comparison to a simple thermal model

Health Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 259-267

  Walters, Thomas J ^a   Blick, Dennis W ^a   Johnson, Leland R ^b   Adair, Eleanor R ^b   Foster, Kenneth R ^c  

^a USAF   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Microwaves; Nonionizing; Radiation; Radiofrequency; Skin dose

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; RADIOFREQUENCY; SKIN PENETRATION; SKIN SENSATION; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033960576     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200003000-00003     Document Type: Article

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