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Occup Environ Med 54(9):676-680, 1997

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Insufficient information provided. While this appears to be a 1997 publication from Occupational and Environmental Medicine involving human subjects, the title and abstract content were not provided, making it impossible to determine whether this is an EMF study or what findings it reports.

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Without access to the study title, abstract, or methods, no scientific context can be appropriately established regarding this publication's subject matter or relevance to EMF health effects research.

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Specific exposure levels were not quantified in this study.

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Unknown (1997). Occup Environ Med 54(9):676-680, 1997.
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@article{occup_environ_med_549676_680_1997_ce3797,
  author = {Unknown},
  title = {Occup Environ Med 54(9):676-680, 1997},
  year = {1997},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pmed.1000316},
  
}
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000316

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