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A Low-Cost Humidity Control System to Protect Microscopes in a Tropical Climate Cover

A Low-Cost Humidity Control System to Protect Microscopes in a Tropical Climate

Open Access
|Feb 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.2585 | Journal eISSN: 2214-9996
Language: English
Published on: Feb 13, 2020
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2020 Anders J. Asp, Christina M. Webber, Evan N. Nicolai, Gabriel Martínez-Gálvez, Victoria S. Marks, Ephraim I. Ben-Abraham, John W. Willson, J. Luis Luján, published by Ubiquity Press
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