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- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10449568
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry
- Volume:
- 59
- Issue:
- 9-10
- ISSN:
- 0749-1581
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- p. 991-1008
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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