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Extremely Low Frequency Magnetic Fields and DNA Damage in Brain

Brain DNA damage and 70-kDa heat shock protein expression in CD1 mice exposed to extremely low frequency magnetic fields

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Pages 701-710 | Received 05 May 2009, Accepted 16 Mar 2010, Published online: 23 Jun 2010

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