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Early research on the biological effects of microwave radiation: 1940?1960

Cook, HJ; Steneck, NH; Vander, AJ; Kane, GL; (1980) Early research on the biological effects of microwave radiation: 1940?1960. Annals of Science , 37 (3) pp. 323-351. 10.1080/00033798000200271. Green open access

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Abstract

Two overriding considerations shaped the development of early research on the biological effects of microwave radiation?possible medical application (diathermy) and uncertainty about the hazards of exposure to radar. Reports in the late 1940s and early 1950s of hazards resulting from microwave exposure led to the near abandonment of medical research related to microwave diathermy at the same time that military and industrial concern over hazards grew, culminating in the massive research effort known as ?the Tri-Service program? (1957?1960). Both the early focus on medical application and the later search for hazards played important roles in dictating how this field of research developed as a science.

Type: Article
Title: Early research on the biological effects of microwave radiation: 1940?1960
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1080/00033798000200271
Additional information: Imported via OAI, 7:29:00 7th Oct 2006
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/2223
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