Radiofrequency Fields and Teratogenesis

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL. 6, 2003, Pages

  Heynick, Louis N ^a,c   Merritt, James H ^b  

^a US Air Force Research Laboratory ^*

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Independent Consultant   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiologic findings; Lethality; Nonthermal effects; Radiofrequency radiation; Thermogenic effects

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; RADIATION EFFECTS;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC FINDING; EXPOSED TO; FIELD LEVEL; LETHALITY; NON THERMAL EFFECT; RADIO FREQUENCY FIELDS; RADIO FREQUENCY RADIATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; TERATOGENESIS; THERMOGENIC EFFECTS;

RATS;

BEETLE; BIRD; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEATH; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FETOTOXICITY; HEALTH HAZARD; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RAT; RODENT; SAFETY; TERATOGENESIS; THERMOGENESIS; ANIMAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETAL WELL BEING; HEAT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; STATISTICS; TERATOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLEOPTERA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA; SAIMIRI; SCIURIDAE;

ABNORMALITIES, RADIATION-INDUCED; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETAL VIABILITY; HEAT; HUMANS; MICROWAVES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RADIO WAVES; REPRODUCTION; TERATOLOGY;

EID: 2142689673     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.10127     Document Type: Conference Paper

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