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[Effect of space flight on the Kosmos-1129 biosatellite on enzyme activity of the rat liver]

S Nemeth, R A Tigranian

    Kosmicheskaia Biologiia I Aviakosmicheskaia Meditsina
    |July 1, 1983
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