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Research Article

Effects of radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation emitted from a mobile phone base station on the redox homeostasis in different organs of Swiss albino mice

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Pages 393-407 | Received 02 Dec 2020, Accepted 14 Feb 2021, Published online: 09 Mar 2021

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