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Ghinea, G., Serif, T., Gill, D., Frank, A.O. (2006). Back Pain Data Collection Using Scalable Vector Graphics and Geographical Information Systems. In: Geroimenko, V., Chen, C. (eds) Visualizing the Semantic Web. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-84628-290-X_13

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