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[Use of ion-exchange substrates for optimizing the mineral supply to plants within life support systems]

S A Ushakova, V V Velichko, A A Tikhomirov

    Aviakosmicheskaia I Ekologicheskaia Meditsina = Aerospace and Environmental Medicine
    |September 14, 2013
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