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Carbon Dioxide Efflux from the Human Cornea in vivo

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FATT, I., HILL, R. & TAKAHASHI, G. Carbon Dioxide Efflux from the Human Cornea in vivo. Nature 203, 738–740 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/203738a0

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