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Maximal body temperatures found in health

W E MACPHERSON, J E PETERSON

    Annals of Western Medicine and Surgery
    |March 19, 2010
    PubMed
    Summary

    No abstract available in PubMed .

    Keywords:
    TEMPERATURE, BODY/maximal

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