Effect of chronic low-intensity microwave radiation on sperm count, sperm morphology, and testicular and epididymal tissues of rats

Electro- and Magnetobiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 133-145

  Akdaǧ, M Zülküf ^a   Çelik, M Salih ^a   Ketani, Aydin ^b   Nergiz, Yusuf ^a   Deniz, Mustafa ^b   Daşdaǧ, Süleyman ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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