Partial-body exposure of human volunteers to 2450 MHz pulsed or CW fields provokes similar thermoregulatory responses

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 246-259

  Adair, Eleanor R ^a   Mylacraine, Kevin S ^b   Cobb, Brenda L ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b USAF   (United States)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Metabolic rate; Microwaves; Skin blood flow; Sweating; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; BLOOD; HEMODYNAMICS; METABOLISM;

BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTINUOUS WAVE; HEAT PRODUCTION; METABOLIC RATES; POWER DENSITIES; RADIO FREQUENCY FIELDS; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURES; SWEATING; THERMOREGULATION;

HEAT LOSSES;

MUS; SAIMIRI; SCIURIDAE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BODY TEMPERATURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEATING; THERMOREGULATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEATING; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE;

EID: 0035350679     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.47     Document Type: Article

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