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Absence of deleterious effects of chronic microwave radiation on the eyes of rhesus monkeys

Journal Article · · Ophthalmology (Rochester, Minn.); (United States)
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Microwave irradiation of rhesus monkeys' eyes at 9.31 and 2.45 GHz and at an average power density of 150 mW per centimeter square is reported. Irradiation, beginning in 1976, of 17 monkeys (Macaca mulatta) was accomplished without restraint or anesthesia by training the monkeys to irradiate themselves. To data microwave radiation of these monkeys has not resulted in deleterious ocular effects.

Research Organization:
Veterans Administration Hospital, New Orleans, LA
OSTI ID:
6536225
Journal Information:
Ophthalmology (Rochester, Minn.); (United States), Journal Name: Ophthalmology (Rochester, Minn.); (United States) Vol. 90:10; ISSN OPHTD
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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560400* -- Other Environmental Pollutant Effects
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ANIMALS
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BODY
BODY AREAS
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
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HEAD
IRRADIATION PROCEDURES
MAMMALS
MICROWAVE RADIATION
MONKEYS
ORGANS
PRIMATES
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SENSE ORGANS
SENSITIVITY
TIME DEPENDENCE
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