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The potential impact of bias in studies of residential exposure to magnetic fields and childhood leukemia

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Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2001
Tongue: English
Weight: 148 KB
Volume: 22
Category: Article
ISSN: 0197-8462
DOI: 10.1002/1521-186x(2001)22:5+<::aid-bem1022>3.0.co;2-f

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