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The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) of human blood samples exposed to electric fields at frequencies ranging from 1 Hz to 100 kHz was measured. Statistically significant differences in ESR were found between the exposed and the control samples at most of the frequencies used. The results suggest a possible nonlinear dependence of the effect on frequency, the threshold field strength varying from about 25 V/m to about 5 kV/m.
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Juutilainen, J., Lahtinen, T. Effects of low frequency electric fields on the sedimentation rate of human blood. Preliminary observations. Int J Biometeorol 29, 243–252 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02189656
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