Earthing: Health implications of reconnecting the human body to the Earth's surface electrons

Journal of Environmental and Public Health

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Chevalier, Gaétan ^a,b   Sinatra, Stephen T ^c   Oschman, James L ^d   Sokal, Karol ^e   Sokal, Pawel ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Earth FX Inc ^*  (United States)

^c C o Optimum Health Building   (United States)

^d Nature's Own Research Association   (United States)

^e Military Clinical Hospital Bydgoszcz   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHRONIC PAIN; EARTHING; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LIFESTYLE; MYALGIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PARASYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SITTING; SLEEP; STRESS; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; TENSION; WALKING; WELLBEING; WORK; ART; BODY POSTURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HEALTH; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; LIMB; PAIN; PHYSIOLOGY;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EARTH (PLANET); ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRONS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE; EXTREMITIES; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HEALTH; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN BODY; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; INFLAMMATION; PAIN; POSTURE; SLEEP;

EID: 84856402837     PISSN: 16879805     EISSN: 16879813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/291541     Document Type: Review

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