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A technique for obtaining representative biokinetic parameter values from replicate sets of parameter estimates

✍ Scribed by Benjamin S. Magbanua Jr; Yunn-Tzer Lu; C.P. Leslie Grady Jr

Book ID: 117244122
Publisher: IWA Publishing
Year: 1998
Tongue: English
Weight: 291 KB
Volume: 32
Category: Article
ISSN: 0043-1354
DOI: 10.1016/s0043-1354(97)00253-4

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