Role of blood flow on RF exposure induced skin temperature elevations in rabbit ears

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 163-172

  Jia, Fu ^a   Ushiyama, Akira ^a   Masuda, Hiroshi ^a   Lawlor, George F ^a   Ohkubo, Chiyoji ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

In vivo; Peripheral circulation; Radiofrequency (RF) fields; Temperature; Thermal regulation

Indexed keywords

BLOOD;

BLOOD FLOW; FLOW CONDITION; IN-VIVO; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; RADIO FREQUENCY FIELDS; RADIO-FREQUENCY EXPOSURE; SKIN TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE ELEVATION; THERMAL REGULATION; VIVO STUDIES;

HEMODYNAMICS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL EAR; IN VIVO STUDY; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RADIOFREQUENCY; SAFETY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 34147115524     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20286     Document Type: Article

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