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Calibration-free mercury strain-gauge plethysmograph

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  1. Départment de Génie Biologique, Université de Technologie de Compiègne Centre Benjamin Franklin, Rue Roger Couttolenc, BP233, 60206, Compiègne, France

    B. Michaux, J. J. Vanhoutte, M. Y. Jaffrin & G. Fontenier

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Michaux, B., Vanhoutte, J.J., Jaffrin, M.Y. et al. Calibration-free mercury strain-gauge plethysmograph. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput. 17, 539–542 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02447071

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