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Fractals in physiological control: From heart beat to gait

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Peng, C.K., Hausdorff, J.M., Mietus, J.E., Havlin, S., Stanley, H.E., Goldberger, A.L. (1995). Fractals in physiological control: From heart beat to gait. In: Shlesinger, M.F., Zaslavsky, G.M., Frisch, U. (eds) Lévy Flights and Related Topics in Physics. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 450. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-59222-9_43

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