Journal of Microwave Power
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Behavioral Effects of Strong 60-HZ Electric Fields
in Rats [PDF] |
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M.T. Smith, J.A. D'Andrea
and O.P. Gandhi 1979 14 3 223-228 |
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Abstract Eight individually housed male Long
Evans rats were raised, beginning at age 30 days, for six weeks in an
electric field exposure apparatus. During five of the six weeks, the animals
were exposed to a 25 kV/m, 60-Hz electric field. A similar population of rats
housed in an identical environment, except for the absence of the high
voltage field, were used as control animals. Differences between the two
groups in body mass, food and water intake, and exploratory activity were
studied. Statistical analysis shows the high voltage fields to have no
significant effects on the above parameters. |