A method to investigate non-thermal effects of radio frequency radiation on pharmaceuticals with relevance to RFID technology

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 4340-4343

  Cox, Felicia C A I ^c   Sharma, Vikas K ^b   Klibanov, Alexander M ^b   Wu, Bae Ian ^a,b   Kong, Jin A ^a,b   Engels, Daniel W ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC COOLERS; RADIO FREQUENCY RADIATION (RFR); TRANSVERSE ELECTROMAGNETIC (TEM) CELLS;

CELLS; FIBER OPTICS; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOMETERS;

DRUG PRODUCTS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER LANGUAGE; COMPUTER NETWORK; DRUG STABILITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAT; METHODOLOGY; PHARMACEUTICS; RADIATION; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; COMPUTERS; DRUG STABILITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HOT TEMPERATURE; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; RADIATION; RADIO WAVES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34047108214     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259691     Document Type: Conference Paper

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