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All issues Volume 39 / No 4 (December 2007) J Extra Corpor Technol, 39 4 (2007) 274-277 References
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J Extra Corpor Technol
Volume 39, Number 4, December 2007
Page(s) 274 - 277
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/ject/200739274
Published online 15 December 2007
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