Rat electrocardiogram during acute exposure to synchronized bursts of ultra-wideband pulses

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 32, Issue 4 II, 2004, Pages 1644-1652

  Seaman, Ronald L ^a   Jauchem, James R ^b  

^a USAF   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELLS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

GIGA TRANSVERSE ELECTROMAGNETIC CELL; KETAMINE; PEAK-TO-PEAK AMPLITUDE; R-R INTERVAL; R-WAVE; RESPIRATORY RATE; SPRAGUE-DAWLEY MALE RATS; T-WAVE; UWB PULSES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

EID: 7244246967     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2004.830959     Document Type: Article

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