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European research on the effects of RF fields on biological systems

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Mobile Communications Safety

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In this chapter, we shall focus on European research related to health aspects of mobile communications. We made sure that this review was as comprehensive as possible.

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Veyret, B., Semm, P. (1997). European research on the effects of RF fields on biological systems. In: Kuster, N., Balzano, Q., Lin, J.C. (eds) Mobile Communications Safety. Telecommunications Technology & Applications Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1205-5_8

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