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

Journal Article · Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1983 · Ophthalmology (Rochester, Minn.); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0161-6420(83)34402-X· OSTI ID:6536225

McAfee, R D; Ortiz-Lugo, R; Bishop, R; Gordon, R

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), Vol. 90:10
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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