Evaluation of levels of macro- and micro-nutrients in workers exposed to electromagnetic fields and comparison with levels of patients with Leukemia

Iranian Biomedical Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages

  Nourmohammadi, Issa ^a   Ahmadvand, Hassan ^c   Taghikhani, Mohammad ^b  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Calcium; Electromagnetic fields; Leukemia; Trace elements; Workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547825967     PISSN: 1028852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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