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Original Article

Effect of long-term exposure of 2.4 GHz radiofrequency radiation emitted from Wi-Fi equipment on testes functions

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Pages 37-42 | Received 03 May 2013, Accepted 17 Nov 2013, Published online: 24 Jan 2014

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