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Reidy, M.E. (2008). Energy. In: Madhavan, G., Oakley, B., Kun, L. (eds) Career Development in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. Series in Biomedical Engineering. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-76495-5_22

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