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The effect of light exercise upon blood flow velocity determined by laser-Doppler flowmetry

N Sergueef1, K E Nelson, T Glonek

  • 1Department of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine, Midwestern University, Downers Grove, IL 60515, USA.

Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology
|September 17, 2004
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