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Main Authors: Hua Jin, Qian Liang, Tongsheng Chen, Xiaoping Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3954736?pdf=render