Idiopathic environmental intolerance attributed to electromagnetic fields (IEI-EMF): a systematic review of identifying criteria.

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Published in BMC Public Health on August 11, 2012

Authors

Christos Baliatsas1, Irene Van Kamp, Erik Lebret, G James Rubin

Author Affiliations

1: Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands. Christos.Baliatsas@rivm.nl

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