Thermophysiological responses of human volunteers to whole body RF exposure at 220 MHz

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 448-461

  Adair, Eleanor R ^a   Blick, Dennis W ^a   Allen, Stewart J ^b   Mylacraine, Kevin S ^b   Ziriax, John M ^c   Scholl, Dennis M ^d  

^a Advanced Engineering Information Services ^*  (United States)

^b USAF   (United States)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body temperatures; Deep thermosensors; Resonant frequency; Sweating; Thermal sensation; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

HEAT LOSSES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RADIO WAVES; SENSORY PERCEPTION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL COMFORT; TISSUE;

BODY TEMPERATURE; DEEP THERMOSENSOR; EXPOSED TO; HUMAN VOLUNTEERS; RADIOFREQUENCIES; SWEATING; THERMAL SENSATIONS; THERMO SENSORS; THERMOREGULATION; WHOLE-BODY;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEAT LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; NERVOUS TISSUE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEATING; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 24344474422     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20105     Document Type: Article

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