Acute Exposure to 50 Hz Magnetic Fields with Harmonics and Transient Components: Lack of Effects on Nighttime Hormonal Secretion in Men

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 12-20

  Kurokawa, Yoshika ^a   Nitta, Hiroshi ^a   Imal, Hideki ^a   Kabuto, Michinori ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

ELF magnetic field; Growth hormone; Human experiment; Plasma melatonin; Transient magnetic field

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINOLOGY; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOPLASMA; PHYSIOLOGY;

EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELDS; GROWTH HORMONES; HARMONICS COMPONENT; HORMONAL SECRETIONS; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC-FIELD; PLASMA MELATONIN; TRANSIENT COMPONENTS; TRANSIENT MAGNETIC FIELDS;

HORMONES;

GROWTH HORMONE; HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; MELATONIN; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; SLEEP; BLOOD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MICROCLIMATE; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MELATONIN; PROLACTIN; SLEEP;

EID: 0038773719     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.10084     Document Type: Article

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