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Auditory response in rats exposed to 2,450 MHz electromagnetic fields in a circularly polarized waveguide
Author(s) -
Chou ChungKwang,
Yee KuoChiang,
Guy Arthur W.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
bioelectromagnetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.435
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-186X
pISSN - 0197-8462
DOI - 10.1002/bem.2250060312
Subject(s) - pulse (music) , microwave , waveguide , electromagnetic radiation , absorption (acoustics) , optics , physics , electromagnetic pulse , range (aeronautics) , atomic physics , nuclear magnetic resonance , materials science , quantum mechanics , detector , composite material
Rats were exposed to 2,450‐MHz pulsed microwave fields in a circularly polarized waveguide. The threshold incident energy density per pulse was about 1.5 to 3 μJ/cm 2 over the range 1–10 μs. The corresponding whole‐body averaged specific absorption of energy was 0.9 to 1.8 mJ/kg per pulse. The same response was evoked when the incident energy density or absorbed energy density per pulse was the same, regardless of the pulse widths.