Large scale-invariant fluctuations in normal blood cell counts: A sign of criticality?

Fractals

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 279-283

  Perazzo, Carlos A ^a   Fernandez, Elmer A ^a   Chialvo, Dante R ^b   Willshaw, Peter ^a  

^a FAVALORO UNIVERSITY   (Argentina)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ANIMALIA;

EID: 0004574725     PISSN: 0218348X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218348X00000329     Document Type: Article

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