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2 - Bioengineering and technology assessment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2012

Rebecca Richards-Kortum
Rebecca Richards-Kortum
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Rice University, Houston
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Biomedical Engineering for Global Health , pp. 21 - 30
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2009

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