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. 2021 Dec 23:9:788613.
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.788613. eCollection 2021.

Can the Microwave Auditory Effect Be "Weaponized"?

Kenneth R Foster  1 , David C Garrett  2 , Marvin C Ziskin  3
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Can the Microwave Auditory Effect Be "Weaponized"?

Kenneth R Foster et al. Front Public Health. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Frey effect; Havana syndrome; pulsed microwave energy; thermoacoustic sound generation; thresholds for adverse effects.

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Conflict of interest statement

KF and MZ have received minor research funding from an industry group (Mobile; Wireless Forum) for unrelated work. The remaining author declares that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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