Spitting for science: danish high school students commit to a large-scale self-reported genetic study

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Spitting for science : danish high school students commit to a large-scale self-reported genetic study. / Athanasiadis, Georgios; Jørgensen, Frank G.; Cheng, Jade Yu; Kjærgaard, Peter C.; Schierup, Mikkel H.; Mailund, Thomas.

In: P L o S One, Vol. 11, No. 8, e0161822, 2016.

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Athanasiadis, G, Jørgensen, FG, Cheng, JY, Kjærgaard, PC, Schierup, MH & Mailund, T 2016, 'Spitting for science: danish high school students commit to a large-scale self-reported genetic study', P L o S One, vol. 11, no. 8, e0161822. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0161822

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Athanasiadis, G., Jørgensen, F. G., Cheng, J. Y., Kjærgaard, P. C., Schierup, M. H., & Mailund, T. (2016). Spitting for science: danish high school students commit to a large-scale self-reported genetic study. P L o S One, 11(8), [e0161822]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0161822

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Athanasiadis G, Jørgensen FG, Cheng JY, Kjærgaard PC, Schierup MH, Mailund T. Spitting for science: danish high school students commit to a large-scale self-reported genetic study. P L o S One. 2016;11(8). e0161822. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0161822

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Athanasiadis, Georgios ; Jørgensen, Frank G. ; Cheng, Jade Yu ; Kjærgaard, Peter C. ; Schierup, Mikkel H. ; Mailund, Thomas. / Spitting for science : danish high school students commit to a large-scale self-reported genetic study. In: P L o S One. 2016 ; Vol. 11, No. 8.

Bibtex

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