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Living Data: Making sense of health biosensing

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Living Data: Making sense of health biosensing. / Roberts, Celia Mary; MacKenzie, Adrian Bruce; Mort, Margaret Mary Elizabeth.
Bristol: University of Bristol, 2019. 195 p.

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Roberts, CM, MacKenzie, AB & Mort, MME 2019, Living Data: Making sense of health biosensing. University of Bristol, Bristol.

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Roberts, C. M., MacKenzie, A. B., & Mort, M. M. E. (2019). Living Data: Making sense of health biosensing. University of Bristol.

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Roberts CM, MacKenzie AB, Mort MME. Living Data: Making sense of health biosensing. Bristol: University of Bristol, 2019. 195 p.

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Roberts, Celia Mary ; MacKenzie, Adrian Bruce ; Mort, Margaret Mary Elizabeth. / Living Data : Making sense of health biosensing. Bristol : University of Bristol, 2019. 195 p.

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