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Effects on Hematopoiesis and Hematology

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A number of investigators have reported that the blood and blood-forming system are not affected by acute or chronic microwave exposure (Barron and Baraff, 1958; Daily, 1943; Drogichina et al., 1966; Tyagin, 1957; Hyde and Friedman, 1968; Budd et al., 1970; Spalding et al., 1971). Effects on hematopoiesis have nevertheless been found by others (Petrov, 1970; Sadchikova and Orlova, 1958; Michaelson et al., 1961, 1964, 1965, 1967; Kitsovskaya, 1964; Baranski and Czerski, 1966; Baranski, 1971, 1972; Goncharova et al., 1966; Sacchitelli and Sacchitelli, 1960; Vacek, 1972; Czerski et al., 1974a,b; Ivanov, 1962).

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