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Development of fast electromagnetic switches, power sources and antennas is resulting in the generation of short, high-energy electromagnetic pulses.1,2 Understanding how such pulses propagate through living tissue is of interest to basic biology and of particular interest to the field of occupational medicine which is concerned to establish safe exposure levels for humans.
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Albanese, R., Penn, J., Medina, R. (1993). Ultrashort Pulse Response in Nonlinear Dispersive Media. In: Bertoni, H.L., Carin, L., Felsen, L.B. (eds) Ultra-Wideband, Short-Pulse Electromagnetics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2870-8_29
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