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Main Authors: James D Hale, Alison J Fairbrass, Tom J Matthews, Jon P Sadler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3299780?pdf=render