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The Respiratory Dead Space of the Giraffe

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    Present address: Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, Pittsburgh, 13, Penna.

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    EUGENE D. ROBIN,  JOSEPH M. CORSON &  GUSTAVE J. DAMMIN

  2. the Medical Clinics and Department of Pathology of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

    EUGENE D. ROBIN,  JOSEPH M. CORSON &  GUSTAVE J. DAMMIN

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ROBIN, E., CORSON, J. & DAMMIN, G. The Respiratory Dead Space of the Giraffe. Nature 186, 24–26 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/186024a0

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