Neurovegetative disturbances in workers exposed to 50 Hz electromagnetic fields

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-60

  Bortkiewicz, Alicja ^a   Gadzicka, Elzbieta ^a   Zmyślony, Marek ^a   Szymczak, Wiesław ^a  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Heart rate variability; Power frequency electromagnetic fields

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEART BEAT; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POWER SPECTRUM; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 33646483193     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10001-006-0001-1     Document Type: Article

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