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. 2013 Jun 4;110(23):E2085.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1304466110.

Reply to Smith and Griffin: Methods, air flows, and conclusions are robust in the DeLeon-Rodriguez et al. study

Natasha DeLeon-Rodriguez, Terry L Lathem, Luis M Rodriguez-R, James M Barazesh, Bruce E Anderson, Andreas J Beyersdorf, Luke D Ziemba, Michael Bergin, Athanasios Nenes, Konstantinos T Konstantinidis
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Reply to Smith and Griffin: Methods, air flows, and conclusions are robust in the DeLeon-Rodriguez et al. study

Natasha DeLeon-Rodriguez et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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