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  1. General Education Center, Overseas Chinese Institute of Technology, No. 100, CHiao-Kwang Road, 407, Taichung City, Taiwan

    Ming-Der Chen PhD

  2. Department of Medical Laboratories, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, No. 160, Section 3, Taichung-Kang Road, 407, Taichung City, Taiwan

    Yuh-Min Song MD

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Chen, MD., Song, YM. Letter to the Editor. Biol Trace Elem Res 100, 95–96 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1385/BTER:100:1:095

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