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Study regarding implants/medical devices

On the mechanisms of interference between mobile phones and pacemakers: parasitic demodulation of GSM signal by the sensing amplifier dev./impl.

By: Barbaro V, Bartolini P, Calcagnini G, Censi F, Beard B, Ruggera P, Witters D

Published in: Phys Med Biol 2003; 48 (11): 1661-1671

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On the mechanisms of interference between mobile phones and pacemakers: parasitic demodulation of GSM signal by the sensing amplifier dev./impl.