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The use and abuse of models

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  1. Aldo Rescigno

    Present address: Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Ancona, 60100, Ancona, Italy

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  1. Section of Neurosurgery, Yale University School of Medicine, 06510, New Haven, Connecticut

    Aldo Rescigno

  2. Division of Medical Biophysics, University of Calgary, T2N4N1, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    James S. Beck

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Supported in part by a grant from “Consiglio Nazionale delle Richerche”, Rome, Italy.

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Rescigno, A., Beck, J.S. & Thakur, A.K. The use and abuse of models. Journal of Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics 15, 327–340 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01066325

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