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ELF-ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS INHIBIT THE PROLIFERATION OF HUMAN CANCER CELLS AND INDUCE APOPTOSIS

Lijun Pang Institute of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin, P.R. China
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Nelly Traitcheva Institute of Plant Physiology “M. Popov”, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Gislinde Gothe FG Molecular Cytology, IMB, Jena, Germany
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Juan A. Camacho Gomez Elektron Microscopie, IMB, Jena, Germany
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Hermann Berg Laboratory Bioelectrochemistry, Jena, Saxonian Academy of Sciences at Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Pages 243-248 | Published online: 12 Sep 2002

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