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Microwave Radiation

Russell L. Carpenter

10.1002/cphy.cp090107

Source: Supplement 26: Handbook of Physiology, Reactions to Environmental Agents

Originally published: 1977

Published online: January 2011

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Abstract

The sections in this article are:

1 Physical Characteristics and Properties of Microwaves
2 Effects on Tissue
2.1 Thermal and Nonthermal Effects
3 Exposure Levels
4 Biological Effects of Microwaves on Human Beings and Experimental Animals
4.1 Microwave Effects on the eye
4.2 Microwave Effects on the Testes
4.3 Microwave Effects on the Nervous System
4.4 Microwave Effects on Development
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Russell L. Carpenter. Microwave Radiation. Compr Physiol 2011, Supplement 26: Handbook of Physiology, Reactions to Environmental Agents: 111-125. First published in print 1977. doi: 10.1002/cphy.cp090107