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Main Authors: David G Menter, Victoria P Ramsauer, Sam Harirforoosh, Kanishka Chakraborty, Peiying Yang, Linda Hsi, Robert A Newman, Koyamangalath Krishnan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3245236?pdf=render