Thresholds for perceiving metallic taste at high magnetic field

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1357-1361

  Cavin, Ian D ^a   Glover, Paul M ^a   Bowtell, Richard W ^a   Gowland, Penny A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioeffects; Electrogustatory effect; High magnetic field; Metallic taste; Safety of magnetic fields

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; METALLIC TASTE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SAFETY; TASTE DISORDER;

ADULT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METALS; RADIATION DOSAGE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TASTE;

EID: 35848965919     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21153     Document Type: Article

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