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• Book ID: 116394888
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 159 KB
• Volume: 30
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0305-7372
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2004.03.001