E0364 INSERM, Université de Lille II, Faculté de Médecine, and Institut Pasteur de Lille,1
Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Lille, France,3
Shimane Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science, Shimane, Japan2
Received 30 September 2004/
Returned for modification 17 November 2004/
Accepted 20 December 2004
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