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Analysis of proto-oncogene and heat-shock protein gene expression in human derived cell-lines exposed in vitro to an intermittent 1.9 GHz pulse-modulated radiofrequency field

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Pages 347-354 | Received 17 Mar 2005, Accepted 21 Apr 2006, Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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