Cutaneous microcirculation is not altered by a weak 50 Hz magnetic field

Biomedizinische Technik

Volumn 50, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 14-18

  Wenzel, F ^a   Reissenweber J ^b   David, E ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crawling sensations; Extremely low frequency magnetic field; Laser Doppler Flowmetry; Self reported electromagnetic hypersensitivity; Skin microcirculation

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOWMETERS; LASER APPLICATIONS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FLUX; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC HYPERSENSITIVITY (EH); HYPERVENTILATION; INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES; LASER-DOPPLER-FLOWMETRY (LDF);

MICROCIRCULATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYSESTHESIA; ELECTROMAGNETIC HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYZER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; REPERFUSION; SELF REPORT; SENSATION; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SKIN;

EID: 19044391786     PISSN: 00135585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BMT.2005.003     Document Type: Article

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