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New noninvasive piezoelectric transducer for recording of respiration, heart rate and body movements

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Siivola, J. New noninvasive piezoelectric transducer for recording of respiration, heart rate and body movements. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput. 27, 423–424 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02441435

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