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The interference threshold of unipolar cardiac pacemakers in extremely low frequency magnetic fields

A. Scholten, J. Silny femu RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstrasse 20, 52074 Aachen, GermanyCorrespondence [email protected]
Pages 185-194 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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