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[Dynamics of the protein content of human urine during 5-day immersion]

A L Vorontsov, A Iu Nesterovskaia, B L Morukov

    Aviakosmicheskaia I Ekologicheskaia Meditsina = Aerospace and Environmental Medicine
    |March 20, 2012
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