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    Tsukasa Shigemitsu Dr. Eng. (Senior Research Engineer)

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Kato, M., Shigemitsu, T. (2006). Introduction. In: Kato, M. (eds) Electromagnetics in Biology. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-27914-3_1

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