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Yamazaki, K. (2006). Induced Current as the Candidate Mechanism for Explanation of Biological Effects. In: Kato, M. (eds) Electromagnetics in Biology. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-27914-3_7

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