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Original Article

Suppression of Nocturnal Pineal N-Acetyltransferase Activity and Melatonin Content by Inverted Magnetic Fields and Induced Eddy Currents

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Pages 149-155 | Received 22 May 1992, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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