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N Altman, R S Boyer, J A Brunberg, A D Elster, A E George, D B Hackney, V M Haughton, R B Lufkin, J S Ross, J D Swartz, J L Weissman, S M Wolpert. 1997. Annotated bibliography.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9127057/

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