Interference of 16.7-Hz electromagnetic fields on measured electrocardiogram

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 402-405

  Schlimp, Christoph J ^a,d   Breiteneder, Martin ^b   Seifert, Johannes ^c   Lederer, Wolfgang ^d  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^b Akademisches Gymnasium Innsbruck   (Austria)

^c Electrical Metrology Division West   (Austria)

^d INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Automated external defibrillator (AED); Electrocardiogram (ECG); Electromagnetic interference; Public access defibrillation (PAD)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC SUBSTATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE INTERFERENCE; RAILROADS; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE;

ALTERNATE CURRENTS; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; CURRENT POWER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROMAGNETICS; LINEAR CORRELATION; POWER LINES; PUBLIC ACCESS; PUBLIC ACCESS DEFIBRILLATION;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAMS;

ALTERNATING CURRENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETISM; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAILWAY;

EID: 34250735570     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20319     Document Type: Article

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