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The evolution of commercialized glucose sensors in China

Jamie Hu1

  • 1Shanghai Bioscan Inc., 203, Gumei Business Center, 1905 Long Ming Road, Shanghai 201101, China.

Biosensors & Bioelectronics
|October 22, 2008
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