Chronic exposure to 50-Hz magnetic fields or 900-MHz electromagnetic fields does not alter nocturnal 6-hydroxymelatonin sulfate secretion in CBA/S mice

Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-42

  Heikkinen, Päivi ^a   Kumlin, Timo ^a   Laitinen, Jarmo T ^a   Komulainen, Hannu ^b   Juutilainen, Jukka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

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