A wearable chemical-electrophysiological hybrid biosensing system for real-time health and fitness monitoring.
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SUBMITTER: Imani S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4879240 | biostudies-other | 2016 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
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