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Original Article

Incidence of Cancer in the Vicinity of Korean AM Radio Transmitters

Mina Ha Dankook University College of Medicine Department of Preventive Medicine Chungnam, Korea
,
Hyung-Jun Lim Seoul National University College of Medicine Department of Preventive Medicine Seoul, Korea
,
Soo-Hun Cho Seoul National University College of Medicine Department of Preventive Medicine Seoul, Korea
,
Hyung-Do Choi Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute Electromagnetic Environmental Research Team Daejeon, Korea
&
Kwang-Yun Cho Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute Electromagnetic Environmental Research Team Daejeon, Korea
Pages 756-762 | Published online: 07 Aug 2010

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