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Effects of Radio Frequency Identification–Related Radiation on In Vitro Biologics

Ismail Uysal, Clive Hohberger, R. Scott Rasmussen, David A. Ulrich, Jean-Pierre Emond and Alfonso Gutierrez
PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology July 2012, 66 (4) 333-345; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5731/pdajpst.2012.00875
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