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Home All issues Volume 39 / No 6-7 (Juin-Juillet 2023) Med Sci (Paris), 39 6-7 (2023) 522-529 References
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Med Sci (Paris)
Volume 39, Number 6-7, Juin-Juillet 2023
Page(s) 522 - 529
Section M/S Revues
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/medsci/2023081
Published online 30 June 2023
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