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On the correct use of ‘data’

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Thanks are due to Drs. Paul Johnston (P.Johnston@ exeter.ac.uk) and E. William Beese (ebeese@t-online.de) for kindly providing dictionary definitions and for sharing their thoughts about the correct use of ‘data’.

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  1. Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, 13 Prospekt Entuziastov, 410049, Saratov, Russian Federation

    Dmitry N. Tychinin

  2. Publisher editor, Scientific Journals, ecomed publishers, Justus-von-Liebig-Str. 1, D-86899, Landsberg, Germany

    Almut Beate Heinrich

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Tychinin, D.N., Heinrich, A.B. On the correct use of ‘data’. Int J LCA 9, 73 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02978563

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