Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 356-362 , May 2010

Development and testing of a perspiration measuring system

Received 20 August 2009 ,Revised 20 January 2010 ,Accepted 25 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.01.007

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 356-362 , May 2010

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