Effects of blood flow on skin heating induced by millimeter wave irradiation in humans

Health Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 115-120

  Walters, Thomas J ^a,b,c   Ryan, Kathy L ^c   Nelson, David A ^d   Blick, Dennis W ^a,b   Mason, Patrick A ^a,b  

^a USAF   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood; Electromagnetic fields; Radiation, nonionizing; Radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MILLIMETER WAVE IRRADIATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FOREARM; HEAT; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROWAVES; RADIATION DOSAGE; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 1642579639     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200402000-00001     Document Type: Article

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