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Chronobiology International
The Journal of Biological and Medical Rhythm Research
Volume 14, 1997 - Issue 4
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Original Article

Computation of Time-Specified Tolerance Intervals for Hybrid Time Series with Nonequidistant Sampling, Illustrated for Plasma Growth Hormone

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Pages 409-425 | Received 10 Dec 1996, Accepted 20 Feb 1997, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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