Effects of exposure of animals to ultra-wideband pulses

Health Physics

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 629-634

  Seaman, Ronald L ^a  

^a GENERAL DYNAMICS ADVANCED INFORMATION SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic fields; Health effects; Radiation protection; Radiation, non ionizing

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EXPOSURE; GENOTOXICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERATOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BODY BURDEN; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 34248397648     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000256780.23536.15     Document Type: Conference Paper

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