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Electronic nose versus canine nose: clash of the titans
  1. R P Arasaradnam1,
  2. C U Nwokolo1,
  3. K D Bardhan2,
  4. J A Covington3
  1. 1Clinical Sciences Research Institute, University of Warwick, Warwick Medical School, Coventry, UK
  2. 2Department of Gastroenterology, Rotherham General Hospital, Rotherham, UK
  3. 3School of Engineering, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr R Arasaradnam, Clinical Sciences Research Institute, University of Warwick, Coventry CV2 2DX, UK; r.arasaradnam{at}warwick.ac.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/gut.2011.241216

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