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Cell phones and glioma risk: a review of the evidence

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Corle, C., Makale, M. & Kesari, S. Cell phones and glioma risk: a review of the evidence. J Neurooncol 106, 1–13 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-011-0663-9

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