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Turner, M.J., MacLeod, I.M. & Rothberg, A.D. Calibration of Fleisch and screen pneumotachographs for use with various oxygen concentrations. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput. 28, 200–204 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02441780
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