Biogenic Magnetite in Humans and New Magnetic Resonance Hazard Questions

Measurement Science Review

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 85-91

  Strbak, O ^a   Kopcansky, P ^b   Frollo, I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEASUREMENT SCIENCE   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

'Cube' model; Biogenic magnetite; health hazard; magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051772089     PISSN: 13358871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10048-011-0014-1     Document Type: Article

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