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. 1997 Sep;105(9):904–906. doi: 10.1289/ehp.105-1470356

Weight of evidence versus weight of speculation to evaluate the alpha2u-globulin hypothesis.

R L Melnick, M C Kohn, J Huff
PMCID: PMC1470356  PMID: 9341100

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