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Home All issues Volume 24 / No 3 (Mars 2008) Med Sci (Paris), 24 3 (2008) 263-269 References
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Med Sci (Paris)
Volume 24, Number 3, Mars 2008
Page(s) 263 - 269
Section M/S revues
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/medsci/2008243263
Published online 15 March 2008
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