Epidemiologic studies of extremely low-frequency electromagnetic fields

Biological and Medical Aspects of Electromagnetic Fields

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 227-263

  Kheifets, Leeka ^a   Shimkhada, Riti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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