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Short-term effects of extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields exposure on Alzheimer's disease in rats
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Zhang Y, Liu X, Zhang J, Li N · 2015
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Insufficient information provided. Based on the title alone, this appears to be a study examining short-term effects of extremely low frequency (ELF) electromagnetic field exposure on Alzheimer's disease pathology in a rat model. No abstract was provided to confirm findings.
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Zhang Y, Liu X, Zhang J, Li N (2015). Short-term effects of extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields exposure on Alzheimer's disease in rats.
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@article{zhang_y_liu_x_zhang_j_li_n_ce4612,
author = {Zhang Y and Liu X and Zhang J and Li N},
title = {Short-term effects of extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields exposure on Alzheimer's disease in rats},
year = {2015},
doi = {10.1038/nature14659},
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