Alterations of visual reaction time and short term memory in military radar personnel

Iranian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 428-435

  Mortazavi, Seyed Mohammad Javad ^a,b   Taeb, Shahram ^b   Dehghan, Naser ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Health effects; Microwave; Military radar; Occupational exposure; Radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879155815     PISSN: 22516085     EISSN: 22516093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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