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Investigation into Deep Breathing through Measurement of Ventilatory Parameters and Observation of Breathing Patterns
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Investigation into Deep Breathing through Measurement of Ventilatory Parameters and Observation of Breathing Patterns

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[The variability of respiratory pattern and gas exchange]

O V Grishin, V G Grishin, Iu V Kovalenko

    Fiziologiia Cheloveka
    |June 12, 2012
    PubMed

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