Individual subject sensitivity to extremely low frequency magnetic field

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 534-546

  Legros, Alexandre ^a   Beuter, Anne ^b  

^a LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

ELF; Individual differences; Magnetic field; Postural tremor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREMOR;

ADULT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POSTURE; REACTION TIME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREMOR;

EID: 33745026947     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2006.02.007     Document Type: Article

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