The concept of function in modern physiology

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• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Journal of Physiology

• Publication date

  2014-06-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Philosophy, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1113/jphysiol.2014.272062PMID 24882809PMCID PMC4048084
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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